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People who think they know it all—or at least, a lot—may be on to something, according to a Baylor University study.
The finding was a surprise to researchers at Baylor and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, who had theorized that "intellectual humility"—having an accurate or moderate view of one's intelligence and being open to criticism and ideas—would correlate with grades.
But being full of oneself when it came to rating one's intellectual arrogance—an exaggerated view of intellectual ability and knowledge—instead generally predicted academic achievement, especially on individual course work, according to the study. The research—"Contrasting self-report and consensus ratings of intellectual humility and arrogance"—is published in the Journal of Research in Personality and funded by a grant from The John Templeton Foundation.
"One possibility is that people who view themselves as intellectually arrogant know what they know and that translates to increases in academic performance," said researcher Wade C. Rowatt, Ph.D., Baylor professor of psychology and neuroscience.
(Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Friday October 09 2015, @05:57PM
I mostly agree with you, except for that I have met quite a few intellectually arrogant people... that were also very wrong.
They didn't know what they didn't know, but had quite a strong opinion about what they thought they knew-- your Uno guy was a good example of this. He was intellectually arrogant until humbled after being proven wrong.
I also know people (and I hope to be some day!) I would consider to be intellectually superior and at ease with themselves about it.
I don't see anything arrogant about occasionally correcting mistakes, even strongly, if the corrective action prevents some sort of harm*
(*context depending on too many variables to list here.)
Sometimes though, it is socially superior to allow some people to be wrong.