“We’re All Stupid”: Reddit Reacts To Study Claiming People Obsessed With Celebs Are Less Intelligent
Reddit users share opinions on the impact of celebrity worship on intelligence levels lead to poor performances.
Do you love celebs and obsessively follow them? Well, there’s a study that claims that those who worship celebrities might be less intelligent, not that we needed a study to be told that. I mean, there’s nothing wrong with following celebrity and entertainment news but it is a little stupid to be OBSESSED with them. Now, this study is old but it seems to have sparked a fresh date on Reddit. And it looks like Redditors agree that people who are super into celebrities and their lives have low IQ levels and are basically dumb. In that case, I’m totally guilty as charged!
We're all stupid 🤡
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What Does The Study Say?
New research by BMC Psychology found a direct correlation between celebrity worshipping and low intelligence levels with poor performances. The research was conducted using a survey of 1,763 adults who completed a series of tasks, including a 30-word vocabulary test and a digit symbol substitution test. Through research they found out that people who ranked the highest on the ‘celebrity attitude scale’ performed very low on other cognitive tests. However, they also acknowledged that they could not say whether the poor performance and lower IQ levels are due to the obsession of celebrities and their lives. Well, then we might have a chance to save ourselves from being looked down upon or being termed as “less intelligent”
Reddit Confesses Being Obsessed With Celebs
Reddit is filled with different people and different minds and hence, it has multiple takes on this study. Some users think that people who obsess over celebrities have low analytical thinking. While others disagree, and believe there’s no correlation between the two. Being a simple fan is different from some stans who are way too obsessive about their favourite celebrities and their life.
People And Their Obsession With Bollywood
A lot of people relate to certain characters in Bollywood and make it their entire personality. For instance, Geet from Jab We Met has birthed an entire generation of goofy, quirky and self-obsessed women, while Naina from Yeh Jawaani hai Deewani has become the ideal and most relatable type for introverts and book lovers. And just like a lot of Bengali woman, even I relate to Piku on a whole different level. The entire article is basically a self-introspection for me and many Bollywood girlies who obsess over
Bollywood characters and their personalities. Everyone enjoys drama and gossip but they never accept it.
The entire Reddit thread is proof that intense obsession may lead to poor performances but a mild obsession with Bollywood and gossip never hurt anybody. Having said that, the research is also based on a “maybe” and couldn’t really identify a solid correlation between celebrity worship and low intelligence levels. But phir bhi, too much of anything is not good so it might be a good time to get over that obsession for all of us. However, there’s no way we’re getting over Reddit’s r/BollyBlindsNGossip
First Published: June 04, 2024 10:21 PM
