I saw a study where they showed babies a little play where a green puppet is trying to climb up a cliff and then there is a red puppet and a blue puppet. The red puppet smacks the green puppet and knocks it down, and the blue puppet helps the green one up the cliff. Then they give the babies a choice of playing with either the blue or red puppets, and the babies had a distinct preference for playing with the helpful blue puppet. The implication is that even infants have a fundamental understanding that it is better to be helpful of others than harmful, and I honestly feel that that’s a good indicator of how humanity’s natural state is one of help, cooperation, and kindness.
I saw a study where they showed babies a little play where a green puppet is trying to climb up a cliff and then there is a red puppet and a blue puppet. The red puppet smacks the green puppet and knocks it down, and the blue puppet helps the green one up the cliff. Then they give the babies a choice of playing with either the blue or red puppets, and the babies had a distinct preference for playing with the helpful blue puppet. The implication is that even infants have a fundamental understanding that it is better to be helpful of others than harmful, and I honestly feel that that’s a good indicator of how humanity’s natural state is one of help, cooperation, and kindness.