Your Sarcasm Is Showing. Embrace It Because It Means You Are Smarter Than Most
"[Sarcasm] is the highest form of intelligence" - Oscar Wilde
Then, they had participants from each group complete a series of creative activities while judges and researchers observed.
Those one-liners don't just think of themselves! As natural as it may seem to some, a sarcastic response takes some brain work to process what you're hearing and manipulate a response that is humorous and clever as opposed to your gut emotional reaction.
Sarcasm is linked closely to creativity for those doling it out and for those receiving it. 75% of participants exposed to a sarcastic conversation were able to complete the creative task compared to the 25% exposed to sincere conversation.
Sarcastic people provide more encoded, conversationally dependent, and socially embedded responses all of which require an acute recognition of surroundings and stimuli that improve problem-solving skills in social and professional settings.
Read the full findings of the study for yourself here.