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Don't know about that, but you can study the true human nature, in an anonymous environment without serious law enforcement. It's not pretty.


Saying that human nature in the absence of societal pressures is the true human nature is questionable

We are social animals, taking us out of an environment where we're part of and accountable to a community is our true nature is like taking a fish out of water to study its true behavior


Sure , if you want to study cavemen, but even they were social creatures, not anonymous.


I was talking about the MMO games.




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