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Be Nice
I've always thought people are innately good.
I'm a humanist and practising optimist, so when I come across a story about how people have an in-built altruistic streak then it makes me smile.
Human society depends on people being able to collaborate with others—donating to charity, paying taxes and so on—and many scientists have argued that altruism is a uniquely human function, hard-wired into our brains.
The latest study suggests it is a strong human trait, perhaps present more than six million years ago in the common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans.
So be nice people—it's human nature.
Filed by DK on March 6 2006
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