Well no shit really.
Those is a low socio-economic status feel for others like themselves more because they know the adversity the others go through as well, as they would have much personal experience themselves. When you're rich, I don't think adversity would be come across as easily so there is less room for relation.
In other news, birds fly.
[QUOTE=Governor Goblin;33826407]In other news, birds fly.[/QUOTE]
We get it...
[QUOTE=Governor Goblin;33826407]In other news, birds fly.[/QUOTE]
and brother,I hurt people
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;33822782]And this years most obvious observation goes to.......[/QUOTE]
Who?! I have to know!
What about people who were born poor and worked their way to being rich?
Haven't we always known this? Were rich people just not convinced enough of themselves being cold and soulless that they needed a study done to prove it?
[QUOTE=HazeFyer23;33822494]This was fairly obvious to be honest, or at least I found it to be.
I always saw the less fortunate having happiness, sometimes even more than the wealthy, despite living a simple life.[/QUOTE]
This is because a lot of the time wealth and the wealthy are focused on material goods or short term happiness. Placing all your happiness in things is just an exponential hill to unhappiness because while lavish things may make your very happy for a short time, you'll need nicer things to make you happy again and it just gets worse and worse until you've reached the top of what you can acquire.
Wealth can very much augment your happiness, but unless you have a solid base of good relationships and a sense of purpose in your community and life you'll be just as unhappy as if you were poor. This is why people who give and show empathy for others are often happier people.
[QUOTE=mr apple;33822724]I don't see a statistic in that report[/QUOTE]
Then you mustn't have looked terribly hard.
[quote] The study was based on three experiments conducted on more than 300 ethnically diverse young adults.[/quote]
That's irrelevant, anyhow. The report is a brief summary of the findings of a study. Do you know how these things work? Even if the report of the study didn't include actual numerical data (and it didn't necessarily need to, because it's only for the purposes of distribution through the media), the study itself would still be based on statistical analysis.
Here's a dictionary definition of the term 'statistics', in case you need it:
[quote]
1. (used with a sing. verb) The mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data, especially the analysis of population characteristics by inference from sampling.
2. (used with a pl. verb) Numerical data.[/quote]
[editline]21st December 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=J!NX;33822769]
You don't
:downs:[/QUOTE]
Er, right.
[QUOTE=Pace.;33822663]this just in
water is wet[/QUOTE]
can you really claim that water is wet though?
most things get wet when in contact with water but when you're just dealing with water I don't think you can call it wet
and in other news, scientists have just proved that Fire can burn you.
[QUOTE=The Kakistocrat;33829306]and in other news, scientists have just proved that Fire can burn you.[/QUOTE]
daaaaaaaaaamn
[QUOTE=mr apple;33822586]Yeah thats why Bill Gates donated a large sum of his fortune to charity[/QUOTE]
[quote]“They may just not be as adept at recognizing the cues and signals of suffering because they haven’t had to deal with as many obstacles in their lives.”[/quote]
Bill HAS gone through rough times growing up, that's why he donates so much money now and has vowed to donate a huge portion of it when he dies.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;33822935]I think this isn't as much a product of the wealth as opposed to the far more competitive environment kids in upper class families are put into.
Essentially upper class kids are thought that they must succeed, and defeat the other side. Whereas I'd say cooperation is a bit more in lower class families. As a result you get a different drive towards being compassionate.
I'd also like to know how this is in regards to compassion directed at nonhuman targets. Pets and similar. I could see it equaling out a bit in there.[/QUOTE]
Speaking from experience (I went to private schools my whole life), a lot of the kids were really hardcore on competition... shit a lot of people I knew genuinely thought humiliating kids who did badly was okay and necessary to make sure they understood competition. At the same time, the majority of the super fucking rich kids didn't care about school and just fucked around most of the time. I was still relatively well off, but I think the most defining aspect of how you turn out is still your upbringing, my parents taught me the value of money and I still have a lot of empathy... thats just who I am though and this is all anecdotal evidence.
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