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RE: How Does Money Change Your Behavior or Beliefs?
You would have the behavior of lying for money? So money would change your behavior.
I get what you're saying but that was the point of the video. To show how someone would change their behavior or belief for money. I'm sure they would walk away and still go back to behaving or believing as they usually do. It's like how a lot of men's behaviors change when women are around.
Sure, I would lie in that particular situation, because there are no real harm done, apart from perhaps the wallet of the person running the experiment, but he expected to lose some money anyway so no harm done.
As for a belief, it can only be changed with evidence. What if I offer someone a million dollars to believe that the earth is flat? They might say the earth is flat just to get the million, but their belief would not change. Not without some solid evidence.
I 'believe' (excuse the pun) that money only corrupts those who already had bad values or already corrupt people attain money because they have been relentless and without empathy. Money is easier to come for those who lack empathy because they are able to attain it at any cost to others. The rest of us would think twice and consider the cost to others. The tragedy is that our society actually rewards sociopaths.