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The article examines how narcissistic traits, especially grandiose forms, and the pursuit of social status influence each other over time, revealing a bidirectional relationship. Vulnerable narcissism shows a different pattern, with status pursuit waning over time. The findings highlight how personality traits can shape social ambitions and perceptions of status.

This piece is of interest to psychology readers because it clarifies how self-views and social standing dynamically interact, illustrating how personality processes unfold across time and in social contexts.

Article Title: Status fuels narcissism and narcissism fuels the chase for status, new psychology research suggests

Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/status-fuels-narcissism-and-narcissism-fuels-the-chase-for-status-new-psychology-research-suggests/

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Hacker News Jun 4

Most men lie about how tall they are

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-men-who-lie-about-their-height

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Even Basketball Players Lie About Their Height

From guys trying to make it past women’s six-foot filter on dating apps to Spurs players, it seems no man is immune from height scrutiny. Brady Brickner-Wood on tall privilege.

The New Yorker

Hacker News May 10

LLMorphism: When humans come to see themselves as language models

https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05419

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LLMorphism: When humans come to see themselves as language models

LLMorphism is the biased belief that human cognition works like a large language model. I argue that the rise of conversational LLMs may make this bias increasingly psychologically available. When artificial systems produce human-like language, people may draw a reverse inference: if LLMs can speak like humans, perhaps humans think like LLMs. This inference is biased because similarity at the level of linguistic output does not imply similarity in cognitive architecture. Yet, LLMorphism may spread through two mechanisms: analogical transfer, whereby features of LLMs are projected onto humans, and metaphorical availability, whereby LLM vocabulary becomes a culturally salient vocabulary for describing thought. I distinguish LLMorphism from mechanomorphism, anthropomorphism, computationalism, dehumanization, objectification, and predictive-processing theories of mind. I outline its implications for work, education, responsibility, healthcare, communication, creativity, and human dignity, while also discussing boundary conditions and forms of resistance. I conclude that the public debate may be missing half of the problem: the issue is not only whether we are attributing too much mind to machines, but also whether we are beginning to attribute too little mind to humans.

arXiv.org

WIST Quotations Apr 27

A quotation from Montesquieu

I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.

[J’ai la maladie de faire des livres et d’en être honteux quand je les ai faits.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 83 / 837 (1720-1755)

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WIST Quotations Apr 15

A quotation from Shakespeare

RICHARD: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover
   To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
   I am determinèd to prove a villain
   And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard III, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 28ff (1.1.28-31) (1592)

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RICHARD: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determinèd to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

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WIST Quotations Mar 27

A quotation from Montaigne

There is another kind of “glory”: conceiving too high an opinion of our worth. This is an undeserved feeling by which we value ourselves, and that makes us think ourselves different than we are, just as the passion of love lends beauties and graces to the object it embraces and makes those smitten by it — with their judgment blurred and altered — find what they love different, and more perfect, than it is.

[Il y a une autre sorte de gloire, qui est une trop bonne opinion, que nous concevons de nostre valeur. C’est un’affection inconsideree, dequoy nous nous cherissons, qui nous represente à nous mesmes, autres que nous ne sommes. Comme la passion amoureuse preste des beautez, & des graces, au subject qu’elle embrasse ; & fait que ceux qui en sont espris, trouvent d’un jugement trouble & alteré, ce qu’ils aiment, autre & plus parfait qu’il n’est.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Atkinson/Sices (2012)]

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There is another kind of "glory": conceiving too high an opinion of our worth. This is an undeserved feeling by which we value ourselves, and that makes us think ourselves different than we are, just as the passion of love lends beauties and graces to the object it embraces and…

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Psychotherapy Commission ACPE Mar 16

The article examines how people consistently underestimate their influence in close relationships and how personal motives shape this bias. It uses data from multiple samples to show underestimation, with gender differences and links to self-protection, power, and commitment motives. The findings suggest a protective bias that may promote cooperation but could also mask true influence.

This topic is of interest to psychology readers because it highlights how perceived power within relationships interacts with attachment styles, personality traits, and cultural context, offering insight into relationship dynamics and communication patterns.

Article Title: New psychology study reveals we consistently underestimate our power in close relationships

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/new-psychology-study-reveals-we-consistently-underestimate-our-power-in-close-relationships/

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Psychotherapy Commission ACPE Mar 6

The article explores how employees who perceive themselves as physically attractive are more likely to speak up with new ideas at work, driven by a boosted sense of personal impact and social influence. The findings highlight that self-perceived attractiveness can function as a psychological resource that encourages employee voice, particularly for those who regard appearance as a valuable social asset.

This topic is of interest to psychology readers because it examines how self-perception and social cognition influence workplace behavior, including confidence, perceived influence, and the willingness to engage in promotive and prohibitive voice.

Article Title: Employees who feel attractive are more likely to share ideas at work

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/employees-who-feel-attractive-are-more-likely-to-share-ideas-at-work/

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PWC & SITM Podcasts Mar 3

Makeup: Filter or Enhancement? The Wet Wipe Test Reveal

Does makeup simply enhance, or does it fundamentally transform our identity? Explore the complex link between cosmetics, self-perception, and the confidence it unlocks.

Watch Full Episode: https://youtu.be/PryK4w9RYzY

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WIST Quotations Feb 20

A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

To know what you like is the beginning of wisdom and of old age. Youth is wholly experimental. The essence and charm of that unquiet and delightful epoch is ignorance of self as well as ignorance of life. These two unknowns the young man brings together again and again, now in the airiest touch, now with a bitter hug; now with exquisite pleasure, now with cutting pain; but never with indifference, to which he is a total stranger, and never with that near kinsman of indifference, contentment.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1888-09), “A Letter to a Young Gentleman who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art,” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3

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