To summarize, they asked people to think of someone they “angry at but don’t hate”, or “hate most in the world”. Then they were asked if they would want to confront the person, excommunicate the person, kill the person, etc.
Eight “angry choices” and eight “hateful” choices.
Because the subjects chose to do hateful things to people they hate, the conclusion is that anger and hate are different things?
If the opening question is pick someone you dont have extreme feelings about, how is it any kind of surprise they don’t choose an extreme action?
I don’t see how any of this eliminates the possibility that hate is the extreme of anger.
I’m not arguing that it is or it isn’t, just that I don’t see how this study clarifies it all.
samx3i on
People thought hate is intense anger?
jaggedcanyon69 on
I experience both a lot.
Yeah they’re different emotions. They often occur at the same time but they’re different emotions.
TentacularSneeze on
From the article:
> A new study suggests that anger and hatred are not merely different intensities of the same feeling but are distinct emotional systems with unique evolutionary functions. The study indicates that while anger motivates individuals to negotiate for better treatment, hatred drives them to neutralize or remove a threat.
Zethras28 on
Hate is like if anger and disgust had a baby.
Meerkat_Mayhem_ on
Yoda had some thoughts on this
quad_damage_orbb on
You can be angry at your partner or family members without hating them, I thought this was obvious?
Putrefied_Goblin on
This article makes no sense. We’ve known a long time that prejudice is a psychological attitude.
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I read the article, it doesn’t make any sense.
To summarize, they asked people to think of someone they “angry at but don’t hate”, or “hate most in the world”. Then they were asked if they would want to confront the person, excommunicate the person, kill the person, etc.
Eight “angry choices” and eight “hateful” choices.
Because the subjects chose to do hateful things to people they hate, the conclusion is that anger and hate are different things?
If the opening question is pick someone you dont have extreme feelings about, how is it any kind of surprise they don’t choose an extreme action?
I don’t see how any of this eliminates the possibility that hate is the extreme of anger.
I’m not arguing that it is or it isn’t, just that I don’t see how this study clarifies it all.
People thought hate is intense anger?
I experience both a lot.
Yeah they’re different emotions. They often occur at the same time but they’re different emotions.
From the article:
> A new study suggests that anger and hatred are not merely different intensities of the same feeling but are distinct emotional systems with unique evolutionary functions. The study indicates that while anger motivates individuals to negotiate for better treatment, hatred drives them to neutralize or remove a threat.
Hate is like if anger and disgust had a baby.
Yoda had some thoughts on this
You can be angry at your partner or family members without hating them, I thought this was obvious?
This article makes no sense. We’ve known a long time that prejudice is a psychological attitude.