"She will draw on her own research, which shows that swearing is used in sympathy and in excitement far more than it is used in anger. She’ll also look at pleas for civility and ask: do these make for better discourse, or do they just preserve the status quo?"
https://humanists.uk/2025/01/22/dr-emma-byrne-to-deliver-the-2025-rosalind-franklin-lecture-chaired-by-samira-ahmed/
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