Current Events > Article: How Wealth Reduces Compassion

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-wealth-reduces-compassion/

Berkeley psychologists Paul Piff and Dacher Keltner ran several studies looking at whether social class (as measured by wealth, occupational prestige, and education) influences how much we care about the feelings of others. In one study, Piff and his colleagues discreetly observed the behavior of drivers at a busy four-way intersection. They found that luxury car drivers were more likely to cut off other motorists instead of waiting for their turn at the intersection. This was true for both men and women upper-class drivers, regardless of the time of day or the amount of traffic at the intersection. In a different study they found that luxury car drivers were also more likely to speed past a pedestrian trying to use a crosswalk, even after making eye contact with the pedestrian.

Anyone who's been driving for long enough would have noticed the same thing.

I know from experience that if I see a beat up old Sentra, it's much more likely to slow down to allow me to merge in than a shiny new Mercedes.
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is this actual science now

yikes

Seems hard these days to find someone with a bit of money that manages to remain humble.
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But does the correlation does not equate causation thign applies?

As in,, maybe unempathetic people are likely to purchase luxury cars, regardless of wealth or not? because let's face it, we all know some peole try to live way beyond their means and dig themselves in debt, and wealthy people with compassion may nto neccesarily drive luxury cars.
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demand communism now
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Romes187 posted...

is this actual science now

yikes

Haha, yeah. Every new science article these days is just stating what has been plainly obvious to literally everyone since the beginning of time.

"Decade long, multi-million dollar study finds that people of both sexes are attracted to people with attractive features."
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wealthy people are not the only people driving luxury cars, especially in America lol
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Ultima Dragon posted...

Seems hard these days to find someone with a bit of money that manages to remain humble.

this is true.
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some of the humblest folks i know are billionaires
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You don't say

Hard to have compassion for some people who make zero effort to improve their standing
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