Thanks, I think, to a friend.
From Big Think, July 28, 2021:
Research shows that those who spend more time speaking tend to emerge as the leaders of groups, regardless of their intelligence.
A new study proposes the "babble hypothesis" of becoming a group leader. Researchers show that intelligence is not the most important factor in leadership. Those who talk the most tend to emerge as group leaders.
If you want to become a leader, start yammering. It doesn’t even necessarily matter what you say. New research shows that groups without a leader can find one if somebody starts talking a lot.
This phenomenon, described by the “babble hypothesis” of leadership, depends neither on group member intelligence nor personality. Leaders emerge based on the quantity of speaking, not quality.
Researcher Neil G. MacLaren, lead author of the study published in The Leadership Quarterly, believes his team’s work may improve how groups are organized and how individuals within them are trained and evaluated....
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Huh. So if someone asks if I'm familiar with "The Babel hypothesis," I'll have to remember to ask "one 'b' or two?" "two 'b's' or three" [forgot a 'b']
