Bullshit Ability as an Honest Signal of Intelligence

Navigating social systems efficiently is critical to our species. Humans appear endowed with a cognitive system that has formed to meet the unique challenges that emerge for highly social species. Bullshitting, communication characterised by an intent to be convincing or impressive without concern f...

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Main Authors: Martin Harry Turpin, Mane Kara-Yakoubian, Alexander C. Walker, Heather E. K. Walker, Jonathan A. Fugelsang, Jennifer A. Stolz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-05-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/14747049211000317