Willful Ignorance = Less Altruism
Across the 22 studies, the researchers found that when given an option, 40% of people chose not to learn the consequences of their actions. That willful ignorance was correlated with less altruism: People were 15.6% more likely to be generous to someone else when they were told the consequences of their choice compared with when they were allowed to remain ignorant.
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Ignorance by Choice: The Underlying Motives of Willful Ignorance and Its Consequences
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New research unveiled that when faced with a choice, 40% of us opt to remain ignorant about how our decisions impact others, often leveraging this unawareness to act more selfishly.
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