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The headline 'Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior' contradicts the summary from the abstract where it basically says: Profoundness-receptivity has a positive association with prosocial behaviour whereas bullshit-receptivity has a negative association with prosocial behavior.

So if you go by the abstract the results match your intuition!

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Bullshit-sensitivity = ability to distinguish bullshit sentences from genuinely profound sentences

Bullshit-receptivity = tendency to perceive bullshit sentences as meaningful

So, BS-S is not BS-R, thus there is no contradiction. Mate, the guys wrote a paper about it, they're not going to have the abstract contradict the title.

Thank you. That receptive and sensitive were used as opposites not synonyms is exactly what I missed.

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