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The 4 Ugly Traits Most People Don’t Know They Have
These natural tendencies explain why it takes deliberate effort to become a better person
It might not have occurred to you, but the truth is you and I have the capacity to do evil.
This is why it takes conscious and deliberate effort to cultivate and nurture yourself into a better person.
Throughout history, the debate has been whether humans are naturally good-natured or they are wired to be wicked and selfish.
In this article, we explore four of the worst human nature that most people don’t realize they possess.
Looking down on weak and vulnerable people
One of the ugly natural traits most people don’t realize they have is the proclivity to look down on others.
We often look down on people who don’t belong to our group, don’t look like us, or appear to be of lesser social position. We see them as less humans.
Studies have shown how cruel some people can be to those they believe to be different, weak, and vulnerable.
In one experiment, researchers used brain scanners to look at the brains of participants while they viewed photos of people from different social groups.
