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Comment author: David_Gerard 07 January 2012 06:09:17PM *  12 points [-]

In fact, I assume that most people would feel some mild aversion to animal "cruelty" even if they knew with certainty that the animals in question lack sensory awareness, because our evolved intuitions cannot be overridden without some effort.

This is why cruelty to animals is useful as an indicator of sociopathy in humans.

Comment author: CronoDAS 08 January 2012 05:30:39AM 3 points [-]

I wonder if torturing Sims is also correlated with sociopathy?

Comment author: MixedNuts 08 January 2012 06:14:20AM 4 points [-]

They may be too few players who don't to test.

Comment author: wedrifid 08 January 2012 06:05:24AM 1 point [-]

My housemate's favourite sim pastime was creating a house for the cast of Buffy and Angel... complete with a graveyard to patrol. Swimming pools without ladders are dangerous apparently.

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