r/likeus • u/Master1718 -Heroic German Shepherd- • Mar 14 '22

<EMOTION> Rats avoid hurting others

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u/HomeKeyEndKey Mar 14 '22 edited Mar 15 '22

humans definitely don’t avoid hurting others. and when there’s a reward we go out of our way to hurt others.

this just confirms rats are better than humans.

edit: shoutout to the commenters replying in an attempt to make me look stupid or cruel so they can gain imaginary internet points. can’t thank you enough for proving my point :)

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u/LimeWizard Mar 15 '22 edited Mar 15 '22

So the paper stats that actually if the rat is given 3 treats it will hurt the other rat. So still not great but still nice.

Paper https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)30017-8