Magnets & Morality

[Cadaverous Pallor]

This story is pretty astounding in that it's so cut and dried.

"If no harm was done, then subjects would judge [Grace's behavior] as OK," she says, even if the story made it clear Grace was trying to poison her friend. That's the sort of moral judgment you often see in kids who are 3 or 4 years old, Young says.

Talk about a black and white situation.

I'm not saying I'm surprised that the brain is ruled by magnets, it's just that this is the most direct study I've seen.