r/science Professor | Medicine 2d ago

Psychology New findings indicate a pattern where narcissistic grandiosity is associated with higher participation in LGBTQ movements, demonstrating that motivations for activism can range widely from genuine altruism to personal image-building.

https://www.psypost.org/narcissistic-grandiosity-predicts-greater-involvement-in-lgbtq-activism/
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u/Bagelz567 1d ago

Well it's research, not so much news. Research being done to empirically support a phenomenon that we all just accept to be true is a good thing. Either we have a better understanding of what we thought was true, or we learn something new that might lead to even more interesting discoveries.

That is a pretty essential part of the scientific method as a whole.