You know those facebook friends you've blocked from your feed after tiring of their conspiracy theories, links to pseudo-science and Deepak Chopra quotes? Turns out they may just be incapable of seeing through BS.

The published findings appear in a journal called Judgment and Decision Making. Consider this Chopra quote cited in the paper:

“Attention and intention are the mechanics of manifestation."

Ooh, so deep and it sort of rhymes! Some people genuinely think that sounds profound and aren't able to see it for the jumbled mess of words that it is. The latter are more prone to buying into pseudo-science and conspiracy theories.

The study caught my eye, and likely yours, on account of a particular word that is found throughout the study, which is a bit of a mixed blessing. Yes, they employ the word bullshit a couple hundred times and that will certainly garner attention. Unfortunately, that may distract somewhat from what is otherwise an interesting study about how people process, well, bullshit. Read the article and see for yourself-- or decide the whole study is... well, you know.

 

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