The Harm of Pseudo-Intellectuals

Shelby Fielding
8 min readAug 17, 2020

An essay about those who convey intelligence without actually presenting nuance, or in fact, intelligence on the issue in which they discuss.

In November of 2018, four psychology researchers published a study based on pseudo-psychological demonstrations’ and their psychological impacts. For the purposes of the study, a pseudo-psychological demonstration meant a magic trick. One in which a magician would…

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