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Comment author: Vladimir_M 22 September 2010 08:34:09PM 2 points [-]

SarahC:

Some psych experiment -- I forget the details -- showed that there's a minority group of people who consistently, temperamentally, resist arbitrary authority. It almost behaves like a phenotype. If it is a gene, I sure as hell haven't got it, but I kind of envy those who do.

Envy? The way you describe it, it sounds to me like people who end up jailed or killed.

Comment author: [deleted] 22 September 2010 08:49:05PM *  0 points [-]

Well, a dear friend of mine is like that and will wind up either jailed, killed, or very rich and famous. I don't want him to get in trouble, of course... but let's just say I'm not sympathetic to people who say "he had it coming."

Comment author: mattnewport 22 September 2010 08:36:23PM 0 points [-]

Or rich. It probably depends very much on cultural context and luck.

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