Is Superman The Cause of Social Apathy?
Apparently there has been a study conducted at New York University and MIT that supposedly shows that people that have Superman on the brian are less likely to help others. Why? Becuase, they say, that these people that they can never measure up to their hero, so why try?
“Students who thought of Superman volunteered much less of their time than those who thought about other superheroes. Furthermore, Superman-primed subjects were significantly less likely to show up at a meeting for volunteers held three months after they were initially asked to participate.”
I love Superman. I’ll just get that out of the way right now. However I really don’t think that I would be anymore apted to help others or not help others if I didn’t like Superman. In fact when I was little, I did all kinds of helpfull things when I was “playing Superman”.
Ok…I think I’ll stop writing about this now before I sound like a bigger tool than I do already…