Is half of your social media presence comprised of inspirational quotes superimposed over images of babbling brooks or beautiful mountain ranges? Are you brought to tears when reading quotes like, “Hidden meaning transforms unparalleled abstract beauty.” Well, I hate to be the one who says this, but you might be a big ol’ dummy. Jezebel‘s framing exhibited a trait common in many articles about the paper: titled “Do You Love ‘Wise-Sounding’ Quotes? Surprise! You’re Probably Dumb,” it held that folks who favored sharing images with quotes appended on social media were quantifiably less intelligent than those who did not: Jezebel, Vox, Mic, Factually.Gizmodo, and Forbes were among the outlets to package the article’s findings for social media users to share (and tacitly mock friends whose posting habits were similar to those supposedly examined in the study). Roughly a month passed before the media took note of the paper. NEWS: In late 2015, multiple web sites posted articles about an article titled “On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit,” published in the journal Judgment and Decision Making on 6 November 2015.
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