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RE: Psychology Addict # 50 | Why Good People Do Evil Things?
I think we don't just have opposite personalities but we are a mosaic of several personalities that coexist and that are are reinforced by a number of factors such as experience, environment, social factors and especially by the presence of so-called influencers around us..it's true that we tend to follow what people around us do but I think that we tend to find "leaders" in our small communities and we are heavily influenced by them..it's how we are wired, we evolved in tribal communities and sometimes the survival of the whole community relied on selfish actions against members of other communities
Yes, yes, and yes :D
I always turn to this argument whenever this or similar topics arise @aboutcoolscience: "It is how we are wired as a result of the scenarios and challenges we faced as a species in our evolutionary past". The old "us and them". After all in-groups members come first! :)
This is a great comment! I really liked how you started it by discussing how we really are an amalgam of different characters, whichever one(s) will be enhanced depends on the context within we find ourselves in. If we live in an environment where narcissistic traits and individuals become the norm and become the "authority" figure ... well .... the rest is history 😕
Thank you for taking the time to take part in this discussion @aboutcoolscience. It means a lot to me :)