Remind you of anyone? New study on 'Intellectual Humility'

People Who Brag About Their Intellect Don't Know as Much as They Think, Study Finds

Nobody likes a know-it-all, but new research shows that people who are able to admit that their own knowledge and views might not be correct, are actually more knowledgeable.

The new study, led by first author and psychologist Elizabeth J. Krumrei-Mancuso from Pepperdine University, examines the concept of intellectual humility, which can be characterised as accepting one's intellectual fallibility in an open and level-headed way.

The opposite of such humility is intellectual overconfidence: being certain you are right about things. But while confidence about the things you think and believe is good, overconfidence can actually be a problem for the knowledge you are so sure you possess.

"Research demonstrates that those who believe knowledge is certain are likely to incorrectly draw definitive conclusions from ambiguous evidence," Krumrei-Mancuso and her co-authors explain in their new paper.

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