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Is this all true to get alarmed about?: The bad news on human nature, in 10 findings from psychology?

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. 

Posted - November 26, 2023

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  • 1375
    There may be some truth to all of those, but you can also flip the negative argument around. 

    If we, as a species, have all these flaws, doesn't it mean more that most of us think of them as bad, and try to avoid doing harm?
      November 26, 2023 1:20 PM MST
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  • 1904
    Well after all we are animals with no exaltation still crawling out of the slime and muck. There has to be bad for the good to be recognized. Shall we just throw in the towel and go wow well? This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at November 27, 2023 12:01 AM MST
      November 26, 2023 2:25 PM MST
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