One might argue that the hallmark of a truly great mind is that it is capable of inimitable thought.

You have to build a successful relationship from something, and understanding requires some kind of communication. You can't expect people to immediately have a successful relationship out of nothing. One person may think they are doing everything they can to make the other happy, yet overlook something; likewise, they could be doing something that doesn't really make the other happy. As the post is stating, it is much more likely to help build a successful relationship with communication, rather than with obfuscation.

No, you absolutely cannot. It is physically impossible to speak that fast. For reference, the Guinness Book of World Records holder for fastest speaker does around 10 words per second. I'd say a word or two per second is about average.

Consider how fractions work. If you get a 0/10 on something, and you currently have a 87/100, the numerator stays the same, but the denominator increases by 10, therefore your grade decreases by 9.1%. However, if you get a 10/10, both the numerator and denominator increase by the same amount, and only gives a moderate 1.4% increase. This is because the amount added only represents a small portion of the total, which proves to be diminishing returns as the point total increases and your overall grade increases. It's just like life, you can do good almost every day, and it slowly increases your progress/reputation/self-esteem/whatever, but a seemingly minor setback can have a disproportionately large negative impact.

The typical Curie point is around 1000F

Yes, because missing one word means I didn't read the article. My point stands, how much did it actually help? It's a neat idea, and is actually a good use of taxpayer money, but I really doubt it actually has a significant impact on reducing infant mortality rate compared to those other things I mentioned.

Perhaps I think rational discussion is fun. It beats pseudopolitics and people pointing fingers calling other people racist, but those posts/comments seem to take up a lot of FS.

Thank you. I also don't have social media accounts. Except I guess this counts, as well as LinkedIn.