‘People who post inspirational quotes are dumb’

The level of a person’s intelligence can be gauged from his Facebook updates as people who share quotes of inspirational guru like Deepak Chopra on the social media platforms are less intelligent and believe in paranormal and conspiracy theories, according to a new study.

People who like to share words of wisdom on Instagram and Facebook after copying them also tend to score low in cognitive tests, the study titled “On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit” has said. The study at the University of Waterloo examines how well we’re able to detect what they call “pseudo-profound bullshit” — meaning vague, fancy-sounding sentences that are actually meaningless. “Our results support the idea that some people are more receptive to this type of bullshit. Th-ose more receptive to bullshit are less reflective, lo-wer in cognitive ability, verbal and fluid intelligence,” said a researcher.