Posted on 11/01/2017 7:24:27 AM PDT by familyop
Humans love dogs more than their fellow man.
Two major studies showed that mankind has more empathy for pooches in dire circumstances than suffering people, according to a report in the Times of London.
A UK medical research charity staged two phony donation campaigns – one with a dog and the other featuring a man. Of course, the pooch drew more contributions.
“Would you give pounds 5 to save Harrison from a slow, painful death?” the separate ads said, featuring a canine and human “Harrison.”
Then a Northeastern University study showed that only a baby human could compete with man’s best friend.
Students were showed fake newspaper clippings about a baseball-bat attack on a puppy, an adult dog, a year-old infant and 30-year-old adult. They were asked questions to gauge their empathy and the adult finished last in sympathy.
“Respondents were significantly less distressed when adult humans were victimized, in comparison with human babies, puppies and adult dogs,” according to Northeastern researchers. “Only relative to the infant victim did the adult dog receive lower scores of empathy.”
Our lack or morality has taught society in general that there’s no reason to be a “better” person. No need to change our bad habits, become compassionate, cooperate, etc. etc. That’s why so many people form relationships with dogs instead of people. “Fur babies” don’t expect us to change our bad habits around them. We can be the biggest buttheads in the world and dogs don’t really care. They have no choice but to be around us.
Guess the eggsheads that started this study never heard dog is man’s best friend
Meanwhile unborn child are most hated on planet
Christ urged us to love our neighbor. And this is hard, because everyone has a sinful nature, and we know that most of our neighbors are not all that likable. Yes, we are supposed to try. But it’s not always easy. No one ever said it would be.
Dogs and Cats are not nearly as problematic.
“A man would rather be with his dog than with a stranger.”-Augustine
Not so hard to believe actually...even if ya never heard of WC Fields!
Semper Trvth!
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>>Dogs love completely unconditional.<<
Stop feeding them and see how long that lasts.
I’d do the same. Somebody needs to print a new bumper sticker.
Ghetto - Day care centers
Suburbs - Doggy day-care centers
Future: Beat-boxing & Swap-meet PARADISE
There are dogs that have laid down beside their dead master refusing to leave and starved to death, so there’s more going on than merely a food source. If you’d ever experienced that bond between yourself and a good dog, you’d know this. Yes, most are very food-motivated just as people are. I strongly suspect my dog would still be by my side if I ran out of food whereas just about all my friends and family, excluding my mother and two best friends, would be long gone.
I know my wife doesn’t mind violence in movies, but get’s very upset and angry if they kill a dog.
I’ve fed a lot of humans who came back to bite me.
I don’t hate people, I just feel better when they’re not around.
What a stupid study.
I wonder how many taxpayer dollars were wasted here.
Everyone knows that.
It's not all that recent.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain
It’s good they did this study but just ask any dog lover or animal lover in general and they could have given you the same info.
On average most dogs are simply better beings than most people on average. It’s just the way it is.
My then-inlaws spent over $2000 for chemo, unsuccessfully, for their dog.
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