The press release "Black Coffee Drinkers More Likely to be Psychopaths: Study" written by Emma Prestwich and Jay W. Belle Isle is very misleading and inaccurate as it misrepresents the content of the original article "Bitter Taste Causes Hostility" in a variety of ways. The first way the press release misrepresents the original studies done by Christina Sagioglou and Tobias Greitemeyer, is by stating the wrong number and kinds of participants. The press release states that there were 1000 students as well as prison inmates that took part in this study. However, the original article states that only 75 students took a part in experiment 1, 44 in experiment 2, and 164 in experiment 3, as there were 3 experiments conducted and not just one, and
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Although taste perception such as bitterness is temporary, if it as accompanied by one's political stance, such as conservatism, can have an everlasting effect on one's moral judgement by making it harsher. This research shows the significance of not only these factors individually but emphasizes importance on these factors not being mutually exclusive. When discussing a concept as abstract as morality, political stance is greatly considered since it is perceived by many to impact the answer one may give or a view they may hold, but taste perception is usually never considered. Thus, this research sheds light on the importance of taste perception, as well as the combination of numerous factors when discussing morality as well. This suggests that moral judgement has numerous factors that all play an important and equal role, so it is important to take all of these into consideration in the real world. This research also implies that one could have different moral judgements based on whether what they consumed is bitter, neutral, or sweet, so it proposes the idea that moral judgements are not dynamic within or even between individuals, they can change simply based on the taste in their mouth. Perhaps one could conclude that moral judgements should not be taken as seriously in society as they are now, because of their reliability on sensory and perceptual inputs and the ability for them to possibly change with various taste conditions, leading to people possibly judging others less for their moral judgements since they have a better understanding of the nature of where or how the moral judgements can come to
Although taste perception such as bitterness is temporary, if it as accompanied by one's political stance, such as conservatism, can have an everlasting effect on one's moral judgement by making it harsher. This research shows the significance of not only these factors individually but emphasizes importance on these factors not being mutually exclusive. When discussing a concept as abstract as morality, political stance is greatly considered since it is perceived by many to impact the answer one may give or a view they may hold, but taste perception is usually never considered. Thus, this research sheds light on the importance of taste perception, as well as the combination of numerous factors when discussing morality as well. This suggests that moral judgement has numerous factors that all play an important and equal role, so it is important to take all of these into consideration in the real world. This research also implies that one could have different moral judgements based on whether what they consumed is bitter, neutral, or sweet, so it proposes the idea that moral judgements are not dynamic within or even between individuals, they can change simply based on the taste in their mouth. Perhaps one could conclude that moral judgements should not be taken as seriously in society as they are now, because of their reliability on sensory and perceptual inputs and the ability for them to possibly change with various taste conditions, leading to people possibly judging others less for their moral judgements since they have a better understanding of the nature of where or how the moral judgements can come to