Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. Cleverbot.com - a clever bot - speak to an AI with some Actual Intelligence? Daily facepalms from the social network - welcome to SocialFacepalm. Home. Are poor spellers stupid? October 21, 2011 Dear Cecil: I'm a fairly intelligent, well-educated person with a facebook. I get SO ANNOYED when people are constantly picking out my typos and making it seem like I'm an idiot for making them. Is there actually a correlation between intelligence and how prone one is to make careless mistakes will typing? There are external factors like … my D key sometimes sticks, etc. But it's facebook, not my doctoral thesis, so the editing standards are low. And separately, is there even a correlation being a legitimately poor speller and intelligence? — Lily Leach Cecil replies: Usually I correct typos in the letters we publish, Lily.
The short answer to your main question is that poor spelling may, but doesn’t necessarily, indicate low intelligence. How can you tell a dyslexic bad speller from an ordinary dope? Some researchers categorize lexical disorders based on the type of spelling mistake made most often. First, we sort out the mistakes in your letter: Typos. But maybe not. Learn how Everything Works!". Social facepalm pushed out of the closet.