CHAPTER 12

Differences in Opinion

Introduction

Predicting one’s actions and behaviors have taken large strides forward in their understandings. At the start of this book, it was mentioned that there are centuries of research to draw upon to try and identify why people behave the way they do. For a large cause of behaviors among people, it seems like we just don’t agree with each other, but is that really a surprise? Modern societies argue that if you do bad things you will be punished, but it has been shown that people still do bad things. Why exactly, perhaps they get joy, and that joy overshadows any negative consequences they may think they will face. Perhaps it’s fear, anger, frustration, destituteness, and the negative consequences they ...

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