- cross-posted to:
- technews@radiation.party
- cross-posted to:
- technews@radiation.party
“We show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced, and suggest that this illusion has implications for research on the misallocation of scarce resources, the underuse of social support and social influence.”
I think EVERYONE should read this… it is so easy for media to manipulate people into thinking that the world is somehow darker, weirder, or more dangerous than it was before… I think this article will help people think critically about what inflammatory news tells them
Is it really about science?
The article never mentions religion, while religions everywhere present themselves as a beacon of morality.
This is a very naive view of morality in a country conquered by religion. Ask a christian if he believes that this is morally fine that his neighbour is gay.
Was conquering north america moral? How many native indian did Davy Crockett murder? He is celebrated as a hero even by Disney, is it moral?
How can you qualify all of this as science material?
Oh, that’s why, there is T2 and T1, so We can do T2 minus T1. Sure.
The orthodox church in Russia has blessed the weapons of the russian soldiers, so by definition this war is moral. Do your T2 minus T1 in Russia and ask the russian citizen if Russia acts according to morality right now, you will get fantastic results! I’m not sure that your results would have any scientific value though. I’m very disappointed by Nature.
Simply disagreeing with the author’s definition of “extreme immorality” is not grounds for it to be deemed having “no scientific value”
I.e. just because the Orthodox Church says the war is moral does not make it so