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"Eight out of ten Brits have admitted to lying to appear intelligent, according to the results of a new study. 62% admitted to lying about having read &amp;#039;classic&amp;#039; novels such as Leo Tolstoy&amp;#039;s War and Peace and George Orwell&amp;#039;s 1984, Metro reports. Meanwhile, 53% said that they have changed their appearance and 26% have purposely corrected other people&amp;#039;s grammar. 18% have dropped famous quotes into conversations and 14% have claimed to have better knowledge of a foreign language. Behavioural psychologist Jo Hemmings said that the study shows that &amp;quot;being intelligent has never been more sexy and that the vast majority of us are working hard to appear smarter than we actually are&amp;quot;. She continued that it proves that people want to embrace &amp;quot;their inner geek&amp;quot;, partly because of the popularity of sci-fi based TV and drama shows. &amp;quot;From expertise in literature and wine to a penchant for correct grammar and art-house or foreign language films, wannabe geeks are exaggerating their worldly qualities in order to appear more nerdy,&amp;quot; she added. The study was carried out to tie in with the release of The Big Bang Theory season six on DVD. &amp;gt; One in ten Brits &amp;#039;believe Australia is further away than the moon&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Sunderland is UK&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;brainiest city&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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