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Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Vengeance is not just for the lord, says science
...which does not surprise me. Although, I must add that, in my observation and experience, life does manage to even the score in most cases. But sometimes, it could use a little help.
Brain Scans Reveal That Revenge Is Sweet from Scientific American In Dante's Inferno, the inner circle of hell was reserved for betrayers like Judas and Brutus. But new research indicates that punishing those who break social norms is not merely the province of poets. Scientists have uncovered evidence for an innate satisfaction in human beings for giving people their comeuppance. Dominique J.-F. de Quervain of the University of Zurich and his colleagues set up an experiment to study how a group of male participants responded to acts of selfishness. |
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