Envy, Justice, Dogs, Monkeys

[jamesq]

Slactivist has an interesting take on the difference between envy and justice. Not just interesting for the conclusions of a scientific study (turns out dogs like to get rewarded for their efforts, same as people. Also, your dog wants steak.), but for how the media misrepresented the study.

The media wants to describe the study as some dogs being envious of other dogs, which isn't what the researcher set out to do, nor what they reported finding. This seems to be the same thing they do when they report about people seeking social justice. They report it as some monkeys being envious of other monkeys.

Comments

[sagaciouslu.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I like.