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People who believe in astrology tend to be less intelligent than the average person, according to a trio of psychologists at Lund University. In their paper published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, Ida Andersson, Julia Persson and Petri Kajonius describe their study and what they learned.
Over the past several decades, scientists have occasionally put astrology to the test despite logic suggesting there is no way for the movements of stars and their relative positions to influence human behavior. All have concluded that the idea is nonsense. Millions of people around the world believe in it. The researchers noted that belief in astrology has grown in recent years, possibly as a result of stresses such as the COVID-19 PAIN. They wanted to find out if there were any common characteristics among people who were willing to believe in a pseudo-science that has no evidence of usefulness.
They created an online questionnaire to identify personality traits and then added those questions to an abbreviated version of the Belief in Astrology Inventory assessment. The short IQ test was added. They recruited English speaking adults using Facebook.
The researchers found that people who claimed to have a belief in the powers of astrology did worse on the IQ test than the average person. They suggest that people who have faith in astrology tend to be more self-focused than average people and that they are less intelligent than the average person. The higher the volunteer's IQ score, the less likely they were to be a believer in astrology.
The stars think that I am superior due to my personality, intelligence, and belief in astrology. The paid journal was published in 2011.
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A study shows people who believe in astrology are less intelligent and more egotistical.
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