[ExI] Meta question again

[William Flynn Wallace]

Hey! Pay attention at the back! :)  You're a psychologist. You know
it's all relative.
If you give a group of people 100 USD each, they go away very happy.
But if you tell them that group B got 500 USD each, they promptly
become unhappy, jealous and feel unfairly treated.
It shouldn't make any difference. They still have their 100 USD each,
but humans aren't wired like that.   bill k

Yeah, you're right.  But I have to restrain myself from giving a
minilecture with all relevant term every time I explain something.  Problem
for old profs - just let them out of their cage a bit and they go off at
the mouth and you can't shut them up.  bill w

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 10:37 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25 August 2016 at 16:22, William Flynn Wallace  wrote:
> > You are likely right.  But the irony is that about 95% of the world's
> > population would love to be here, even in the lower classes.  Someone
> said
> > that this is the first generation in a long time where the kids will not
> be
> > better off than the parents.
> >
> > Did you get all you wanted out of the irrational discussion?
> >
>
> Hey! Pay attention at the back! :)  You're a psychologist. You know
> it's all relative.
> If you give a group of people 100 USD each, they go away very happy.
> But if you tell them that group B got 500 USD each, they promptly
> become unhappy, jealous and feel unfairly treated.
> It shouldn't make any difference. They still have their 100 USD each,
> but humans aren't wired like that.
>
> BillK
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