And just to prove that I'm an irrational human, for the last 21 years every time I pass the spot where I found the wallet I can't help but look around for a lost wallet, as if it's some magical spot where the universe deposits lost wallets.
I did a 3-month walking pilgrimage in Belgium & France this summer. I had very little money and a tent and walked along quiet roads. Several people offered me a room for the night. (I was surprised, I don't know if I'd offer a stranger that) Many came out with food, snacks, fruit when they saw me resting near a church etc.
I used an app as well that allows camping in someone's garden ("Welcome to my Garden"). A few times I arrived to setup my tent and the owner had to leave for an appointment/event. They left me the keys to their house and told me to make myself at home until they returned(!)
My dog does the same thing. One day years ago he caught a rat, and that's the first place he darts to every time he goes outside. He thinks its the magic rat spot.
As I believe pointed out by Tommy Lee Jones in _Men in Black_, somewhat more succinctly.
The really poisonous aspect is how individual empathy in social groups can incite even greater violence, so as to reassure the group that you're all on board with atrocity lest you become another target for it. Diaries of German soldiers on the Eastern Front relay this. Also the stereotype of the ex-prisoner camp guard who is more cruel than the actual occupiers - Ukrainian/Baltics SS were particularly monstrous. Samuel Jackson's character in _Django Unchained_.
It's irrational to return the wallet if you were to consider just your well being. However, being we value being part of a group, and that group is the kind that returns wallets it finds.
Overall most of the answers are pretty much reddit tier cringe, but I guess here it's just echoing what is found online. LLMs are capable of novel insights but to produce them, you have to let the LLM grind a bit. I would be curious if someone asked why or what are the implications for a few hours.
> Humans are more loyal to belonging than to truth
> Why?
> Belonging to a larger group is advantageous to survival and reproduction
> Why?
> ...
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/news/article/321034/Resurgenc...