Experts say that discussing this makes you appear less intelligent.

Everyone has a distinct sense of how they want to be perceived by others, but the majority of us at least want our intelligence to come across. Humans have a propensity for thinking highly of ourselves and seeking approval from others. Unfortunately, those around us may not always agree, and some of our actions may even cause friends and complete strangers to question our intelligence. Now, specialists have identified a terrible behavior that may be causing others to perceive you as less bright, and there is data to support this. Find out what you might want to avoid discussing in the future by reading on.

Speaking with others, according to Raffaello Antonino, a counseling psychologist with over 10 years of experience and the creator of Therapy Central, is the primary way we come to know individuals and create ideas about them. We tend to judge each other based on our conversations since they are typically the finest sources of knowledge we have about each other, says John F. Tholen, PhD, a cognitive psychologist and the author of Focused Positivity.

Antonino says that one of the most noticeable ways that humans demonstrate intellect is through conversation. You can still come out as intelligent to others through your speech even if you're not a scientist, programmer, or novelist. According to Antonino, "People might infer that a person is brilliant just from chatting to that person."

However, discussing certain topics may make you appear less intelligent.

However, conversing with others might sometimes have the reverse impact, making others think less highly of you. It all depends on what you're discussing. Experts claim that there is one conversational subject that frequently has an impact on how people perceive you in this regard: celebrities. People might not think of you as clever if you frequently discuss Kim Kardashian's most recent scandals, according to Antonino.

A recent Hungarian study does not support your position. The study, which was released on November 8 in the BMC Psychology journal, looked into the relationship between admiration for celebrities and cognitive abilities. In their study of roughly 2,000 Hungarian people, the researchers administered two IQ tests, a scale measuring celebrity attitudes, and a measure measuring self-esteem. The study found that higher levels of reported celebrity worship were associated with poorer cognitive test results.

These results "indicate that there is a clear link between celebrity adoration and worse cognitive test performance that cannot be explained by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics," the researchers said in their study.

There are several reasons why people might think you're less intelligent if you're celeb obsessed.

Antonino claims that one reason why people typically despise those who are enamored with celebrities is because they believe that discussing celebrities is "simple and pointless." Another is that people consider celebrity-related content to be "for the masses" as almost everyone is aware of it. These are the reasons why Antonino believes that being infatuated with celebrities is more foolish than being preoccupied with thermodynamics or The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky.

The fact that "talking a lot about celebrities takes time," in Antonino's words, means that others will assume you don't have time to contemplate or debate anything else. "The range of topics you can discuss is usually what counts when it comes to intellect and dialogues," he suggests.

When you frequently talk about celebrities in a fixated manner, says Katie Ziskind, LMFT, a licensed marriage and family therapist and the proprietor of Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic, Connecticut, people often assume "you're not able to talk about diverse topics that many people can relate to."

If you solely discuss your favorite celebrity, she says, "you risk dominating the conversation and coming across as less intellectual because talking about a celebrity may only be relatable to those who also know that person."

You can look for indications that people are judging you less.

When it comes to how your IQ is viewed, you might be wondering how much celebrity talk is too much. However, Antonino asserts that there are typically warning indicators that someone regards you as not very intelligent or believes they are smarter than you. People "dismissing your opinion without even considering it, not listening to you at all, [and] continuously correcting your grammar problems or 'completing' your views instead of you" are examples of this, according to the author.

You may also observe the topics that people avoid bringing up in conversation. People may not consider you bright and may not seek you out for academic or professional assistance if you talk about celebrities a lot, according to Ziskind. They may believe that you are only educated about tabloid news. They might not want to have a lengthy talk with you since they think you won't bring anything to their lives.