A link to the article: http://io9.com/psychologists-find-that-nice-people-are-more-likely-to-1597267257?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

This came from the Facebook wall of a severely BP friend of mine. This classic Psychology experiment is one of my favourites, and has been since I first learned about it in college (late high school to the American reader.) I'm going to address a few points about this article to help ease the digestion.

So the experiment goes like this

researchers have found evidence that agreeable people will often choose to do destructive things because they don't want to upset anyone by disagreeing with direct orders.

So what we have here is a piece of solid scientific evidence that a trait that is clearly very Blue Pill (Agreeableness), and is considered a positive trait in the workplace...can lead to destructive behaviours.

An interesting caveat on this could be found in my own life. My pre-TRP relationship cycle would see me engaging in self-sacrificing patterns that would take me from an Alpha (Regular gym, engaging in my hobbies, trying new things) to a classical example of a BP (Ignoring friends, no life outside of relationship and work. Even sacrificed time from study.) In this case to appease the woman who I had on a pedestal and saw as the "authority figure."

What's worse, too, is that I reckon its likely that a BP "agreeable" person would probably take responsibility for the repercussions. Yes, it's just conjecture, but I'd like to see that proven wrong.

NOTE: I've come off the night shift and am not at optimum cognitive function, so this post will be edited in a few hours to make more sense. For now, ask questions. I just wanted to get this out here to start getting some opinions.