Explicación científica de por qué las personas sarcásticas son más inteligentes que las demás

 

"El sarcasmo es la forma más baja de ingenio pero la forma más alta de inteligencia"

                                                                                                                                           – Oscar Wilde

Do your friends refer to you as a sarcastic and cynical person, while your “enemies” hate you because of the comments you give proving that? If not, you probably know a person just like that.

Whether you hate or love people like that, one thing is for sure—they are very smart. Scientists from the Harvard Business School made a study in which they have proven this theory, and refer to it as: “The highest form of inteligencia”.

Dijeron que sabían muy poco sobre las experiencias cognitivas de las personas sarcásticas y las personas que reciben el sarcasmo. Querían poner a prueba la teoría de que crear y utilizar el sarcasmo conduce a una mayor creatividad porque activa el pensamiento abstracto.

In a series of studies, participants were randomly assigned to be sarcastic, sincere, or neutral in a conversational task. By expressing something sarcastic, sincere, or neutral, they would receive a sarcastic or sincere reply, or had a neutral exchange. The participants who were assigned with being sarcastic performed better in the creativity tasks, showing that sarcasm has the potential to wake up everyone’s creative side. Even though this was not the aim of the study, they concluded that it is possible that naturally intelligent people are also more likely to use sarcasm.

But while using sarcasm, you have to be careful towards whom you’re using it. Often it can cause misunderstanding, confusion, or offense. In the Harvard study, it created conflict between two participants who did not show the same understanding and the same sense of humor, but they found that trust is also a big factor in avoiding conflict. While choosing a partner in the conversation, it is very important to pick someone who shares the same sense of humor or someone you’re very close with. This way you’re avoiding hard feelings, and it won’t negatively affect the creative gains for both.

Es interesante ver que encontraron un coeficiente intelectual más alto no sólo en la persona que expresaba el sarcasmo, sino también en la que lo entendía con facilidad. El efecto sobre la creatividad viajó a través del pensamiento abstracto tanto para los que expresaban sarcasmo como para los que lo recibían.

The effect, though, had no impact on the participants’ moods. They showed that positive or negativo humor no tenía nada que ver con hacer comentarios sarcásticos.

Exponerse al sarcasmo no sólo aumenta el coeficiente intelectual, sino que también estimula el pensamiento creativo y la capacidad de resolver problemas.

Los científicos de Harvard terminaron su estudio con la conclusión de que el sarcasmo es un arma de doble filo. Ayuda a las personas a pensar de forma más creativa, pero también las pone en riesgo de entrar en conflicto.

So, what can we learn from this? Scientists have measured the brain activity and found out that your brain is practically working more and thinking more while using sarcasm—meaning that the next time you get angry at someone who used sarcasm, try to thank them instead of showing hatred.

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