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You can't discredit it universally, that'd be like disproving God. More exactly, it is the psychological trait "Belief in a Just World" (BJW.) One doesn't hav
by goldenkey 8y ago
You can't discredit it universally, that'd be like disproving God.
More exactly, it is the psychological trait "Belief in a Just World" (BJW.)
One doesn't have to look far in our actual civilization to see innocent victims, injustice, but that still doesn't penetrate the existential strata of the universe eventually righting all wrongs.
Here's a good analysis of the psychological studies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ0lR23T7FA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ0lR23T7FA
If you don't have time to watch the video, the most significant points are:
1) Believing in a Just World / Meritocracy, is an evolved emotional buffer to the chaos and reality of ever-present injustice.
2) BJW trait correlates with higher measures of happyness after traumatic events like natural disasters - and seems to be a trait that remains relatively static among persons regardless of the tradgedies they suffer or windfall they receive.