On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit
These results support the idea that some people are more receptive to this
type of bullshit and that detecting it is not merely a matter
of indiscriminate skepticism but rather a discernment of deceptive vagu
eness in otherwise impressive sounding claims. Our results also suggest that
a bias toward accepting statements as true may be an important component of
pseudo-profound bullshit receptivity
