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Not a fan of those. The questions are imprecise. What does "is it better?" even mean? Better for me? Better for ethical reasons? Better for the society? How ab
by bluecalm 5y ago
Not a fan of those. The questions are imprecise. What does "is it better?" even mean? Better for me? Better for ethical reasons? Better for the society?
How about the torment question? If I torment someone that I think deserves it I wouldn't feel bad at all. If I somehow end up tormenting someone not fully deserving it I would feel very bad. They seem to think beliefs justifying hurting others for good reasons are dark. I think the contrary: it's your duty to society to make sure to apply swift payback for bad behaviors. It's usually altruistic as well: you won't feel any better and it might cost you but the world is a better place when there are consequences for bad behavior.
I still scored low 2.57. It's scary to think so many people score much higher.
There isn't much respect left in me when it comes to social psychology. Seeing yet another survey using imprecise language doesn't help. I seriously question this branch as science at this point. Did it every produce anything useful when it comes to making predictions about actual people?