Looks like common sense got a fancy dress and a research grant.

So, Hungarian brainiacs wrapped in lab coats decided to put their diplomas to use by confirming what your grumpy Uncle Jerry has been ranting about at Thanksgiving for years: folks who spend their days worshiping the ground Kim Kardashian walks on or living vicariously through the rollercoaster romance of Bennifer might not be the sharpest tools in the shed. This groundbreaking study, published in the highbrow pages of BMC Psychology, took a brave leap into the unknown by discovering that an obsession with Hollywood's glitziest might just correlate with a not-so-stellar performance in basic literacy and numeracy tests. Who would've thunk it?

Celebrity worship: a potential brain drain or just a symptom of it?

The Hungarian team's method was as sophisticated as a TMZ investigation, roping in 1,763 adults to take a vocab test, a numbers game, and then a deep dive into their celebrity stalking tendencies with a “Celebrity Attitude Scale” questionnaire. The real kicker? Questions like, “Would you break the law if your celeb crush asked?” to which some probably thought, “Only if it gets me a follow back.” But here’s the twist - it turns out, those scoring fanboy/fangirl levels of obsession were also scoring low on the brainpower tests. The eggheads behind this circus couldn’t quite pin the tail on whether drooling over celeb gossip zaps brain cells, or if it’s just that folks with fewer gray cells to begin with tend to idolize celebs more. It's a real "chicken or the egg" conundrum, with a hint of E! News.

In the end, Uncle Jerry might be on to something.

So, what have we learned from this academic excursion into the obvious? Well, the researchers are scratching their heads, pondering whether too much fan-girling/boying over celebs might be eating away at precious cognitive resources better spent on, say, remembering where you left your keys. Twitter, in its infinite wisdom, basically yawned at the revelation, with reactions ranging from "Tell me something I don't know" to "Good luck getting celeb worshippers to read this study." It's a fascinating glimpse into the human psyche, proving perhaps that the more things change, the more they stay the same - especially when it comes to our love for a bit of glittery distraction from the mundane.