Is there a science of why people are so negative and toxic? Because I've some theories of why people are so negative. 1. Negative people want to be so cool and popular. 2. They hang out with other negative people and they mimic the toxic behavior from negative people. 3. Negative people have a difficult and abusive childhood. Those are my theories.
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These aren't theories, and tbh, they'd need a lot of work before they could even be considered hypotheses...at best, they are personal suppositions and therefor are not science and this thread probably belongs in rants or general discussion
But since I'm on my phone and prefer not to do mod things from there, lets make this a science lesson.
Define "negative". Give me a list of traits displayed by "negative" people. Are we talking pessimism here or stinginess or bullying?
Do your research. Behavioral science has been a thing for a while. What studies with actual hypotheses support your supposition?
Show me the data. Science is testable. Science delivers data which are statistically interpreted to be significant or not, usually to a 95th percentile or better confidence level.Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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The thing about people being negative,it seems more a moral or spiritual concept. Life can be a burden that presses down with the weight of a thousand broken dreams,and we humans fall to the ground sometimes from the winds of change.MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
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sea witch
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Originally posted by anunitu View PostThe thing about people being negative, it seems more a moral or spiritual concept.
Life can be a burden that presses down with the weight of a thousand broken dreams, and we humans fall to the ground sometimes from the winds of change.
This is sometimes classified as a trait called "grit". And there is a body of work devoted to trying to figure out what "grit" is, how one gets it (or not), and how it can be taught (or not).Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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I guess I have grit,but there have been times I was tempted to just let go,but what ever that grit is,it would not let me.MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.
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my new page here,let me know what you think.
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Originally posted by Bartmanhomer View PostIs there a science of why people are so negative and toxic? Because I've some theories of why people are so negative. 1. Negative people want to be so cool and popular. 2. They hang out with other negative people and they mimic the toxic behavior from negative people. 3. Negative people have a difficult and abusive childhood. Those are my theories.Once a man, like the sea I raged;
Once a woman, like the earth I gave;
And there is in fact more earth than sea.
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Re: The Science Of Negative People
Originally posted by Bartmanhomer View PostIs there a science of why people are so negative and toxic? Because I've some theories of why people are so negative. 1. Negative people want to be so cool and popular. 2. They hang out with other negative people and they mimic the toxic behavior from negative people. 3. Negative people have a difficult and abusive childhood. Those are my theories.
Now I suppose you could make an argument as to why some people exhibit negative or destructive manifestations while other's born and living under the same social, cultural, ethnic, gender, economic influences do not. Then speculate as to how each influence impacts upon us as individuals, members of a group and try to use data sets to support your conclusions and position.
But I personally think you've first got to define "Negative" and "toxic" and how your definitions are being applied to your statements. Figure while each word has a dictionary definition it probably has many "Street" or "Slang" definitions that differ from group to group. Nor does that mean that the scientific definition and usage of a word will be the same as the common cultural usage of the same word.
Then again maybe none of what I said is any more scientific or supportable / arguable than what you've said even though it makes sense to me. Yep perhaps the pain pills are speaking right now more so than my logical mind.I'm Only Responsible For What I Say Not For What Or How You Understand!
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If you want a theory, you could always Google evolutionary game theory (on phone killing time, and a little drunk so not gonna do it for you). In particular, I take the hawk-dove game as my explanation for why some people are altruistic and others are selfish. Of course, we are humans so the fact that we're aware of our behaviour and how our actions are likely to affect others, means the model doesn't really fit, but I'm comforted by thinking of my fellow humans as mindless drones bumbling through life reacting to stimuli. It makes it easier to forgive, and live alongside my fellow naked apes.夕方に急なにわか雨は「夕立」と呼ばれるなら、なぜ朝ににわか雨は「朝立ち」と呼ばれないの? ^^If a sudden rain shower in the evening is referred to as an 'evening stand', then why isn't a shower in the morning called 'morning stand'?
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Originally posted by Jembru View PostIf you want a theory, you could always Google evolutionary game theory (on phone killing time, and a little drunk so not gonna do it for you). In particular, I take the hawk-dove game as my explanation for why some people are altruistic and others are selfish. Of course, we are humans so the fact that we're aware of our behaviour and how our actions are likely to affect others, means the model doesn't really fit, but I'm comforted by thinking of my fellow humans as mindless drones bumbling through life reacting to stimuli. It makes it easier to forgive, and live alongside my fellow naked apes.
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For most people, their living standards are more important than living standards of others. It's evolutionary and programmed into us. We have no obligation to act differently, but we choose whether or not to be in a society where we give a little up so the worst don't have a terrible life, seeing the end of human misery as more important than raw natural selection, which has no interest in compensating for generational exploitation.
Some of us decide to cooperate, believing that it will increase our chances of success, whilst some see it as an unnecessary gamble which is just a form of charity and have no interest attending their time lifting someone else up if there's the possibly they will get dragged down, in their opinion.
We have, most of its I'm sure, been raised in a society which values egalitarianism and equal opportunity over turning a blind eye to personal enrichment at the expense of vulnerable people. As such, we often are horrified that someone doesn't wish to cooperate. That's fine, they don't have to cooperate, but for as long as they are a minority, they will have to accept at least the laws of the land or face judgement at the hands of the majority.I'm not one to ever pray for mercy
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And I thought of you only
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According to Dealing with Negative People in Psychology Today, negative people are created by fear.Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.
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I think there is too much variation between human cultures and the ecosystems those cultures exist in to make any generalization of a human inclination towards self-centeredness and selfishness or cooperation and altruism.
Behavior is a function of environment (physical and emotional/relational) and genetics.Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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