Anonymous wrote:

OH F*CK OP, WHO CARES??!!!

I do, any I told you why pretty clearly. I am wealthy and I am reflecting how money influences people like me. If reflection isn't interesting to you, fine.

OH F*CK OP, WHO CARES??!!!

It's probably too late to try to right this thread, but I'll post a question generated from the responses.

People say the poor driving is because wealthy people can more easily afford the consequences. I think this is true in part.

I'll relate this to my own life.

Sometimes, I do not have enough change for the parking meter for the amount of time I need (and there is not one of those pay with a card meters nearby). I put what I have in the meter and figure that if I get a ticket, oh well, I'll run the risk.

So far, so good, as far OP's point goes.

But, I never decide not to put change I actually have in the meter because I am willing to run the risk.

Does that just go to the size of the risk I am willing to run, a moral relativism point of view that an attempt at compliance is good enough, or something else?

I can easily afford even a $100 ticket, so assume for this purpose that paying such a ticket doesn't register on my radar.

It is not about risk tolerance
a lot has to do with accepting unfair labor practices

op, you have no one else to talk to abut your social insecurities? Just DCUM? Should we study this?

OP MAKES ME LAUGH. OP, today is leap day, not April fool's, you fool! You'll fall for anything

Berkley? For real? They were all smoking pot - duh!

But seriously, Berkeley is not all that respected in certain academia.

22:32 - this says far more about you than it does me. Good luck.

Berkley study

That tells me a lot there.

I think 11:18 might have something about risk tolerance. I suspect that a higher tolerance for risk can lead to big gains and accumulation of wealth because fear of losing can cripple you from making good investments, etc. And once you've "won" from taking a risk, you have more and can afford to keep taking risk.

There might also be a certain separation of emotion from business decisions that can make a person wealthy but could also lead to "amoral" decisions. it's easier to cheat if you're not personalizing it.

Anonymous wrote:I passed this by my rocket scientist husband who laughed and said it warrants no comment.

OMG it must be nice to have a smart husband so he can tell you what is important and what is not. As a bonus, I'm sure his knowledge of propulsion systems translates well to the field of social psychology. We ARE impressed.

Anonymous wrote:

It seems someone here is hell bent on slinging mud, but not so concerned with making a correct point. Not all wealthy people drive expensive cars. Is this too big for you to digest OP? Or do you have to resort to your ill efforts?

Yes, as OP I got that and responded to that twice. That was only one of seven separate experiments in the paper. The other six do not involve a car but reported income. The fact that one study used vehicles as a proxy does not invalidate the other six.

Be nice
The study just says that the test people from the higher social classes lied and swindled on average more when playing a game, or negotiating. They also drive a car more selfishly and accept unfair practice at the work place.
In otherwords they just have more positive view about greed
This was just one part of a larger study to on differences on the feelings/ethics between people from different social economic backgrounds. The lower classes have more empathy.
That is if you want to believe the Berkley study

Anonymous wrote:I passed this by my rocket scientist husband who laughed and said it warrants no comment.

So...

Should we all go consult our spouses for opinions and then report back instead of giving our own input?

I passed this by my rocket scientist husband who laughed and said it warrants no comment.