> Kevin wrote: > Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because > they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I > don't work so hard.
Speaking of Huxley, didn't Stanford do this exact experiment with 5 year olds? I thought they did and found that the kids begin to conform to the definitions including discriminating against others based on the arbitrary assignments. Why do you think people fall for the labels then? I would postulate that it's because we're all descendants of humans that grouped together to gather food and defend themselves. Part of that natural selection was humans that were wired to fall for the arbitrary "us good, them bad." That means we all like labels (well most of us) that differentiate us. which brings us back to politics ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134841 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
