Anti-Trump protester Kareem Samuel argues with anti Shariah Law supporters during the March For Human rights and Against Sharia law demonstration in Oceanside, California on Saturday, June 10, 2017. (Photo credit should read SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP/Getty Image
Researchers from Duke University say that intellectual humility is an important personality trait that has become in short supply in our country.
Intellectual humility is like open-mindedness. It is basically an awareness that your beliefs may be wrong, influencing a person’s ability to make decisions in politics, health and other areas of life. An intellectually humble person can have strong opinions, say the authors, but will still recognize they are not perfect and are willing to be proven wrong.
This trait is not linked to a specific partisan view, with researchers finding no difference in levels of the characteristic between conservatives, liberals, religious or non-religious people. In fact, the scientists possibly managed to put to rest an age-old stereotype, explained the study’s lead author Mark Leary, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke.
“There are stereotypes about conservatives and religiously conservative people being less intellectually humble about their beliefs,” said Leary. “We didn’t find a shred of evidence to support that.”
The researchers carried out four separate studies to understand intellectual humility. One study involved subjects reading essays for and against religion. They were then asked to judge the writers of the essays on such qualities as morality, honesty, and competence. Intellectually humble…
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