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midnight rain 02-24-2013 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens (Post 1289916)
Who's a sheep?

Who did I quote?

Cuthbert 02-24-2013 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuna (Post 1289917)
Who did I quote?

I have no idea how I'm being a sheep tbh.

midnight rain 02-24-2013 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens (Post 1289919)
I have no idea how I'm being a sheep tbh.

You posted exactly what fetcher said directly before you, seems too coincidental that you both formulated that thought back to back

not even true either you can choose whatever answer you like but I'm gonna have an opinion on it

Cuthbert 02-24-2013 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuna (Post 1289922)
You posted exactly what fetcher said directly before you, seems too coincidental that you both formulated that thought back to back

not even true either you can choose whatever answer you like but I'm gonna have an opinion on it

I didn't even read that post. The one I did see said something about self-righteousness. Then I saw Trollheart's.

Paedantic Basterd 02-24-2013 02:41 PM

I'm actually willing to bet that, were we all in the situation, more people would actually take advantage of it than believe they would now.

Social desirability bias probably keeps more of us in line in a hypothetical situation than would be restrained if given the real opportunity. These kinds of "scott free" situations have a way of bringing out the absolute worst in humanity.

midnight rain 02-24-2013 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 1289924)
I'm actually willing to bet that, were we all in the situation, more people would actually take advantage of it than believe they would now.

Social desirability bias probably keeps more of us in line in a hypothetical situation than would be restrained if given the real opportunity. These kinds of "scott free" situations have a way of bringing out the absolute worst in humanity.

Truth. You can see how many people will exercise impulse control and atheists would probably be more likely to pull the trigger

Paedantic Basterd 02-24-2013 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuna (Post 1289927)
Truth. You can see how many people will exercise impulse control and atheists would probably be more likely to pull the trigger

I mentioned the Stanford Prison Experiment once before, and I'll bring it up again because I think it's entirely relevant: When people are put in a position of power over other people, even when there's nothing to gain, they will take every advantage of those beneath them.

Makes you think maybe Freud was on to something, other than the cocaine, haha.

midnight rain 02-24-2013 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 1289929)
I mentioned the Stanford Prison Experiment once before, and I'll bring it up again because I think it's entirely relevant: When people are put in a position of power over other people, even when there's nothing to gain, they will take every advantage of those beneath them.

Makes you think maybe Freud was on to something, other than the cocaine, haha.

I think it also depends on a person's innate psychology and how domineering they are, but societal conditionings we've been taught to live by go out the window to seemingly normal people when theyre face with situations where they think they aren't being watched and judged

FETCHER. 02-24-2013 03:00 PM

So you think we're all sociopaths?

Paedantic Basterd 02-24-2013 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by FETCHER. (Post 1289932)
So you think we're all sociopaths?

I'd never generalize, but I do think we'd all be shocked by the number of people who would follow through if the situation were literal. It's been evidenced repeatedly in psychological/sociological discourse that people do not handle power well.


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