http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/04/strength-in-naughty-or-nice/ (http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/04/strength-in-naughty-or-nice/)
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New research from Harvard University suggests that moral actions may increase people's capacity for willpower and physical endurance. Study participants who did good deeds — or even just imagined themselves helping others — were better able to perform a subsequent task of physical endurance.
The research, published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, shows a similar or even greater boost in physical strength following mean-spirited deeds.
Researcher Kurt Gray, a doctoral student in psychology at Harvard, explains these effects as a self-fulfilling prophecy in morality.
"People perceive those who do good and evil to have more efficacy, more willpower, and less sensitivity to discomfort," Gray said. "By perceiving themselves as good or evil, people embody these perceptions, actually becoming more capable of physical endurance."
Perhaps this is why Osama Bin Laden is (supposedly) still alive despite having a (supposedly) bad kidney or two.
That's great!
Now. Which one sounds like more fun?
Huh! I wonder if it isn't just self-perception of being good or evil, but rather just a strong sense of self that does it. Willpower and all that.
But I personally wouldn't take a lesson from a game in which divorcing your wife earns you 10x more evil than murdering her.
Quote from: Nast on June 29, 2010, 05:17:05 AM
Huh! I wonder if it isn't just self-perception of being good or evil, but rather just a strong sense of self that does it. Willpower and all that.
But I personally wouldn't take a lesson from a game in which divorcing your wife earns you 10x more evil than murdering her.
lol I didn't know that! :lulz:
Quote from: RWHN on June 28, 2010, 07:49:37 PM
Perhaps this is why Osama Bin Laden is (supposedly) still alive despite having a (supposedly) bad kidney or two.
They weren't
bad kidneys, they were EVIL kidneys!
So they had more endurance!
I heard he refused a transplant because he didn't know where the donor's kidneys had bean.
Quote from: RWHN on June 29, 2010, 02:58:05 PM
I heard he refused a transplant because he didn't know where the donor's kidneys had bean.
:x
:lulz:
Quote from: RWHN on June 29, 2010, 02:58:05 PM
I heard he refused a transplant because he didn't know where the donor's kidneys had bean.
Ah fuck you did it again!
If he took them though, he wouldn't have to dial Aziz anymore.