People who are religious and 'ontologically confused' are more likely to share pseudo-profound bullshit

A new study has found that the more literally a person understands metaphorical statements and the more religious they are, the more likely they are to share pseudo-profound bullshit on social media. The new research, published in Applied Cognitive Psychology, replicated Gordon Pennycook’s 2015 study on bullshit receptivity — meaning the propensity to interpret nonsensical sentences as profound statements — using a sample from two Eastern European countries.
Read more: https://www.psypost.org/2018/11/people-who-are-religious-and-ontologically-confused-are-more-likely-to-share-pseudo-profound-bullshit-52583?source=Snapzu