A form of narcissism. The need to feel Superior and Special.
People like to feel like they’re in on some truth that most people aren’t aware of.
Illuminostro@lemmy.world 10 months ago
People like to feel like they’re in on some truth that most people aren’t aware of.
A form of narcissism. The need to feel Superior and Special.
dustyData@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The sad part is that the less intelligent someone is, then the stronger is the need for that hidden truth. Highly educated and intelligent people are more comfortable with ignorance and need less that validation of having secret knowledge.
jandar_fett@lemmy.world 10 months ago
On the other side of that coin, it is much easier for someone with a high degree of intelligence and self awareness, to perform the necessary mental gymnastics to justify bullshit beliefs…
TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
It seems that a lot of the ‘hidden truths’ that the lower intelligence people seem to gravitate to were manufactured by this kind of intelligent bullshit artist. Sociopaths that realize they can control and manipulate gullible people and use them to their own benefit, like cult leaders and such.