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Read more about the article Spite is good. Science agrees. Tim Martin agrees.

Spite is good. Science agrees. Tim Martin agrees.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 15, 2014
  • Post category:Science
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The New York Times recently published a piece entitled Spite is Good. Spite Works. Research seems to indicate that human decency and cooperation require “a certain degree of so-called altruistic…

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Read more about the article Tim Burton apparently agrees: Spite is the best reason to do anything

Tim Burton apparently agrees: Spite is the best reason to do anything

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 12, 2014
  • Post category:Film
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From the Wikipedia entry on Jack Nicholson (and confirmed on IMDB and several other independent sources): In 1996, Nicholson collaborated with Batman director Tim Burton on Mars Attacks!, pulling double…

Continue ReadingTim Burton apparently agrees: Spite is the best reason to do anything
Read more about the article I’m not spiteful. I’m “aggressively moralistic.”

I’m not spiteful. I’m “aggressively moralistic.”

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 12, 2013
  • Post category:Autobiography/Idea
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For a long time, I have claimed that spite is one of the best reasons to do anything. I’ve cited examples in which authors and scientists have used spite to…

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Read more about the article Spite is right

Spite is right

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 12, 2012
  • Post category:Science/Teaching
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I’ve often said that spite is the best reason to do anything. Here is further evidence of this fact: British scientist John Gurdon is told by his high school teacher…

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