Revenge Is Sweet

Brain Scans Reveal That Revenge Is Sweet

In Dante’s Inferno, the inner circle of hell was reserved for betrayers like Judas and Brutus. But new research indicates that punishing those who break social norms is not merely the province of poets. Scientists have uncovered evidence for an innate satisfaction in human beings for giving people their comeuppance.

Like duh.

Now is there similar research about schadenfreude?

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