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If we'd just pick up litter we'd all get along

IMG_0588Litter and clutter contribute to discrimination according to a recently published article in the journal Science.

The mind seems to like things orderly. When it encounters people in a messy environment it begins to sort and classify, noting differences, increasing the chance of stereotyping.

Scientists find people of different races sit further away from each other in dirty, disorderly environments.

Who would think that the simple act of picking up litter could end with world peace?

Just goes to show little things mean a lot.

NOTE: Report based on field experiments by Dutch scientists, Diederik Stapel and Siegwart Lindenberg of Tilburg University's Institute for Behavioral Economics Research in the Netherlands.

For the full story: http://technology.ukplurk.com/2011/04/how-litter-and-graffiti-can-poison-our.html

 

 


 

Posted on 04/21/2011 |

Tags: Litter, acceptance, classify, clutter, discrimination, environment, inclusiveness, litter-free, littering, mind, picking up litter, science, scientists, sort, stereotype, stereotyping, unity, world peace, zero litter

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