Thursday, December 11, 2014
"Psychologists Have Uncovered a Troubling Feature of People Who Seem Nice All the Time"
"The irony is that a personality disposition normally seen as antisocial — disagreeableness — may actually be linked to 'pro-social' behavior,'" writes Psychology Today's Kenneth Worthy. "This connection seems to arise from a willingness to sacrifice one's popularity a bit to act in a moral and just way toward other people, animals or the environment at large. Popularity, in the end, may be more a sign of social graces and perhaps a desire to fit in than any kind of moral superiority."
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I hope nobody spent my tax dollars to find this out. Sometimes I think we should seek out specifically non-experts on questions, so that we can get to the bottom of it in half the time, and for free.
So does this mean I can go on being disagreeable and get kudos for it? Cool.
Agreeableness takes less effort.
Why spend resources on something you can get with very little effort.
Nice people are environmental angels... and they don't rape ;)
Disagreeable traits are proof positive of the ultimate idealism of Ferguson rioters.
"The study also found that people holding left-wing political views were less willing to hurt others."
Of course it did.
Thank goodness I don't have that problem. Of being nice all the time.
Or ever.
Most of the Narzis were bureaucrats trying to climb the organizational ladder. That they agreed in principle probably made them very courtly toward each other.
I don't doubt there were a lot of "Good job you did there"s at Babi Yar.
This is no different than being a democrat. Just tell your constituencies that you will give them everything they want, that government will give them anything in favor for their vote. Want legalized drugs? No problem. Want abortion on demand? No sweat? Want welfare, food, cheap housing, clothing, anything else you can think of. Sure, just vote for us. It's so easy to be a pro-social because frankly saying no is bad.
This is no surprise. People who are overly "nice" are often (not always) not so nice when you get to know them. People who come off as gruff and pains in the ass often (not always) turn out to be pretty straight shooters and people you can rely on once they determine they can trust you.
Vindication, however inadvertent and unintended, for everyone on the right who has battled back against charges of being mean. All the "nice" people vote to give away other peoples' money, privacy, and lives rather than tell hurtful and unpopular truths.
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