Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior
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Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior
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#2At the root is narcissism. Narcissism blocks profound insight, and rewards anti-social behavior.
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#3The bullshit sentences don’t even really make sense, not at a deep “having a think about it” level but just on a surface read they all sound weird - not hard to detect them as bullshit I wouldn’t have thought.
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#4I feel like this is some meta-level test for the reader.
Pseudo-profound bullshit statement: "Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior"; can the reader distinguish this bullshit paper from a profound paper?
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#5Bullshit-sensitivity and cynicism are practically synomyms I'd say.
It feels counter-intuitive to find cynicism positively correlated with prosocial behaviour (which the article defines as donating to and/or joining a charity.)
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#6Sounds very profound, but unfortunately it also trips up my bullshit sensor.
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#7I am slightly confused by the selection of those sentences, the bullshit sentences barely make grammatical sense, while the profound sentences are honestly pretty banal and sound like things you'd find written on tote-bags sold in etsy stores.
I found the study pretty interesting especially table 2 is extremely informative!
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#8At the root is narcissism. Narcissism blocks profound insight, and rewards anti-social behavior.
> Narcissism blocks profound insight
How would you even measure what profound insight is, nevermind determining whether something causes its absence?
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#9I define bullshit as self-interested talk, that uses both truth and lies. It doesn't have to be lie, it's just presenting truth and lies in order to manipulate the other. There is always something to gain for the bullshitter - money, relationships, advantages or to get out of obligations.
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#10>The results suggest that people who are better at distinguishing the pseudo-profound from the actually profound are more prosocial.
I would attempt a correlation with economic means though. I am pretty sure most people are able to see that a spade is a spade but too many would put up with sh*t because in need.