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Telling Narcissists They Are Intelligent

May 6, 2024 Marc Abrahams

What happens when you tell narcissists that they are intelligent? This study explores that question: “Telling People They Are Intelligent Correlates with the Feeling of Narcissistic Uniqueness: The Influence of IQ Feedback on Temporary State Narcissism,” Marcin Zajenkowski [pictured here] and Gilles E. Gignac, Intelligence, vol. 89, November–December 2021, 101595. (Thanks to Abel Dean for […]

Apparently intelligent behavior from the head of a toothbrush

February 28, 2013 Marc Abrahams

Ig Nobel Physics Prize winner Mahadevan and his colleagues have demonstrated how to produce seemingly intelligent behavior with the head of a toothbrush. The Physics arXiv blog summarizes the study, in a few words: Toothbrushes, BristleBots, and the Nature of Intelligence: Fix a vibrating motor to the head of a toothbrush and you have an […]