SIO341: Does Belief in Astrology Correlate with Narcissism?
Serious Inquiries Only
Thomas Smith
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🗓️ 1 October 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
It's a science thingy, but more fun! A recently published study claims that belief in Astrology correlates with some negative personality traits, like narcissism. But, is it a Good Science Thingy(tm)? Or did Mars being in retrograde cause the researchers to overstate their conclusions? It's definitely one or the other!
Links: Andersson et al (2022) Even the stars think that I am superior: Personality, intelligence, and belief in astrology, Pew Report (2018) "New Age' Beliefs Common Among Both Religious and Nonreligious Americans, YouGovAmerica Poll Report (2022) One in four Americans say they believe in Astrology, Mosher (1966) - Paper about sex guilt and belief in psychic abilities , Longest & Smith (2011) Finding about astrology belief prevalence in a cohort of millennials
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| 0:00.0 | ["Mars is in Tartigrade right now, so that means we all are cute little microscopic things." |
| 0:26.2 | How's it going, Lindsay? |
| 0:27.7 | So good, yeah. |
| 0:28.9 | How's your aura? |
| 0:30.6 | Well, yeah, no I didn't. |
| 0:31.5 | Medium rare, I don't know what it would. |
| 0:34.2 | I'm not sure what, like, adjectives is an aura. |
| 0:37.0 | Red, good. |
| 0:38.2 | I don't know. |
| 0:38.7 | I don't know either. |
| 0:39.2 | I did look up both of our horoscopes today though. |
| 0:41.2 | If you're interested. |
| 0:42.2 | I'm looking forward to that wise. |
| 0:43.8 | I assume it will be integrated into our amazing deep dive for the day. |
| 0:47.5 | It's a science thingy. |
| 0:48.8 | This is a fun one. |
| 0:49.8 | I've sent you so many things. |
| 0:51.8 | It's my favorite thing to do. |
| 0:53.3 | Here's what I do. |
| 0:54.3 | Lindsay is like a jukebox of science. |
| 0:56.7 | That's an old reference, but I guess they still have them. |
| 0:58.6 | You know, novelty bars or something. |
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