tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366878066073177705.post6907197425405049485..comments2024-02-09T18:16:45.614+00:00Comments on The Psy-Fi Blog: Is Self-Interest Self-Fulfilling?timarrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06254802085744425067noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366878066073177705.post-40702152824698203632011-02-25T02:51:50.370+00:002011-02-25T02:51:50.370+00:00How would you resolve your question if the answer ...How would you resolve your question if the answer to the last question is something like this: <br /><br />Humans fall along a spectrum between alturistic and self-interested, tending, on average, to be more towards the self-interested side (i.e., there are some who are way over to one side or the other, but the average is towards self-interest but not at the very extreme). However, humans are not so rational either. Humans are also excellent at rationalizing their self-interested behavior, so on top of everything else, they are not honest with themselves - making it difficult to cleanly define "self-interest." It may be, as I think you suggested, that certain personality types, e.g. more self-interested, may tend to dominate certain professions, e.g. economics, while more alturistic personality types, may go into other fields.ilenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859456411740769913noreply@blogger.com