Some people just genuinely don’t have those kinds of dark impulses and actually are repulsed to take such actions even in a simulated environment. But I’ll grant you, non-destructive, safe outlets for those impulses and frustrations is, indeed, healthier than the alternative.
I assure you everyone has them. There’s an abundance of evidence for this, no one is above the possibility of then coming out in the right circumstances.
I don’t know how anyone else does it. I’ve tried an evil run in Fallout 3 so I could recruit a particular follower. I had to restart multiple times because I kept accidentally being nice to people, and on my last attempt, I couldn’t even make it to the first town before I stopped playing because it was way too painful to be mean. It felt the same even just watching someone else play Durge on BG3.
You are wrong. I do not doubt that many suppress such thoughts, but some at least also do not have them.
And I’d like to make a distinction here about intrusive thoughts and things I actually phantasize about doing. I have intrusive thoughts, but I know that I wouldn’t want to act out on any that hurt another living being, even if guaranteed to have no consequences.
You may not. You made a statement about “everyone” that you can’t know to be true because you can’t know anyone but yourself. I need only one counter-example, namely myself, to know you are wrong. If you do not get this, then you don’t understand the concept of falsifiability in sciences.
Some people just genuinely don’t have those kinds of dark impulses and actually are repulsed to take such actions even in a simulated environment. But I’ll grant you, non-destructive, safe outlets for those impulses and frustrations is, indeed, healthier than the alternative.
I assure you everyone has them. There’s an abundance of evidence for this, no one is above the possibility of then coming out in the right circumstances.
I don’t know how anyone else does it. I’ve tried an evil run in Fallout 3 so I could recruit a particular follower. I had to restart multiple times because I kept accidentally being nice to people, and on my last attempt, I couldn’t even make it to the first town before I stopped playing because it was way too painful to be mean. It felt the same even just watching someone else play Durge on BG3.
You are wrong. I do not doubt that many suppress such thoughts, but some at least also do not have them. And I’d like to make a distinction here about intrusive thoughts and things I actually phantasize about doing. I have intrusive thoughts, but I know that I wouldn’t want to act out on any that hurt another living being, even if guaranteed to have no consequences.
You say I’m wrong and then explain that I’m right. Thanks
You are wrong about this. If you read properly, you would have understood this.
Well, I’ve got you this thread on one side of this point.
And I’ve got decades of research, history and professional experience on the other side.
You’ve not convinced me yet! 😀
I don’t need to convince you for you to be wrong.
Then may I suggest starting with some Carl Jung?
His work on both Archetypes and Shadow-Self will be illuminating
You may not. You made a statement about “everyone” that you can’t know to be true because you can’t know anyone but yourself. I need only one counter-example, namely myself, to know you are wrong. If you do not get this, then you don’t understand the concept of falsifiability in sciences.