The experiment is fascinating, but the author draws too strong of a conclusion: first, the "I didn't deserve it" powerful could exhibit 'hypercrisy' for other r

The experiment is fascinating, but the author draws too strong of a conclusion: first, the "I didn't deserve it" powerful could exhibit 'hypercrisy' for other reasons, including the old saw "to those who are given much, much is asked in return". I mean, let's not get too cynical here. Second, even if on average the "I deserved it" powerful are hypocritical, that doesn't mean that all of them are; it just means we have to look more carefully for the outliers.