IG NOBEL ECONOMICS PRIZE 2026 [USA, MEXICO, CANADA] Paul Piff, Daniel Stancato, Stéphane Côté, Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, and Dacher Keltner, for amassing evidence that upper class people are more likely to snatch from a children’s supply of candy, and engage in other kinds of unethical behavior.

REFERENCE: “Higher Social Class Predicts Increased Unethical Behavior,” Paul K. Piff, Daniel M. Stancato, Stéphane Côté, Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, and Dacher Keltner, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 109, no. 11, 2012, pp. 4086-4091. <doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1118373109> WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY: Paul Piff

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[–] Miller@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TittyFrog, or perhaps if I could call you Titty, I cannot accept your analysis, I was very clearly making the point that a greatly atrophied morality was one of the primary prerequisites to the accumulation of a superabundance of wealth. Physical removal from poverty is minor Titty compared to the cognitive removal.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

you realize rich people are human beings right?

they aren't aliens from another planet. they have all the same emotions and desires as you do. they just have more money than you do, so they have more ability to fulfill their desires.

It's ironic, you expect them to have empathy for you, but you have none for them. You here, demonstrate yourself, that you have 'othered' them, and yet you think they shouldn't 'other' people who aren't rich.

Why do you do this? because you are cognitively removed from knowing wealthy people and they exist entirely in your imagination as these psychopathic monsters. further, I doubt you have any more empathy for the impoverished in Africa, than they do.

[–] Miller@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You think people all have an identical range of emotions and innate responses, but I mistook you for a different sort of mind, so that is enough of that.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

they do... just like they can't breathe nitrogen.

Do you know anyone who breathes nitrogen?