The Desire to Expel Unselfish Members From the Group

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, August 2010

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TIL Selfless and Selfish Members of a group are just as likely to be voted for removal.

User ThisIsTheRghtBrain, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 19 Oct 2018

Being Nice is Detrimental to Life Quality of Men (including sex life)

User lifeisbullshit95, in the Braincels subreddit, 09 Jun 2018

[I don't know, but it...

User [deleted], in the fnv subreddit, 05 Nov 2010

[I don't know, but it works.](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20658845)

Who would you vote off the island: a selfish person taking more than he puts in, or a generous person who gives but rarely takes? Surprising study.

User happytrees, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 03 Sep 2010

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