(Telegraph) Scientists find link between people impressed by wise-sounding, ‘profound’ quotes and low intelligence
A new study has shown that people who believe in psuedo-profound, intellectual-sounding quotes are less intelligent
A new study has shown that there is a link between these people and low intelligence.
It found that those who are receptive to pseudo-profound, intellectual-sounding ‘bulls***’ are less intelligent, less reflective, and more likely to be believe in conspiracy theories, the paranormal and alternative medicine.
PhD candidate Gordon Pennycook and a team of researchers from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, published a study entitled ‘On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bulls***’.