https://aeon.co/ideas/the-bad-news-on-hu...psychology
INTRO: It’s a question that’s reverberated through the ages – are humans, though imperfect, essentially kind, sensible, good-natured creatures? Or are we, deep down, wired to be bad, blinkered, idle, vain, vengeful and selfish? There are no easy answers, and there’s clearly a lot of variation between individuals, but here we shine some evidence-based light on the matter through 10 dispiriting findings that reveal the darker and less impressive aspects of human nature...
WHAT'S COVERED:
We view minorities and the vulnerable as less than human;
We experience Schadenfreude (pleasure at another person’s distress) by the age of four;
We believe in karma – assuming that the downtrodden of the world deserve their fate;
We are blinkered and dogmatic;
We would rather electrocute ourselves than spend time in our own thoughts;
We are vain and overconfident;
We are moral hypocrites;
We are all potential trolls;
We favour ineffective leaders with psychopathic traits;
We are sexually attracted to people with dark personality traits.
MORE (details): https://aeon.co/ideas/the-bad-news-on-hu...psychology
INTRO: It’s a question that’s reverberated through the ages – are humans, though imperfect, essentially kind, sensible, good-natured creatures? Or are we, deep down, wired to be bad, blinkered, idle, vain, vengeful and selfish? There are no easy answers, and there’s clearly a lot of variation between individuals, but here we shine some evidence-based light on the matter through 10 dispiriting findings that reveal the darker and less impressive aspects of human nature...
WHAT'S COVERED:
We view minorities and the vulnerable as less than human;
We experience Schadenfreude (pleasure at another person’s distress) by the age of four;
We believe in karma – assuming that the downtrodden of the world deserve their fate;
We are blinkered and dogmatic;
We would rather electrocute ourselves than spend time in our own thoughts;
We are vain and overconfident;
We are moral hypocrites;
We are all potential trolls;
We favour ineffective leaders with psychopathic traits;
We are sexually attracted to people with dark personality traits.
MORE (details): https://aeon.co/ideas/the-bad-news-on-hu...psychology