In the past, researchers have believed that altruism is a strong natural impulse. John Liss at the University of Chicago said he's not so sure that truly represents altruism. We can be very different in terms of our level of self-control as we move from one situation to the other. A study done 100 years ago doesn't have any of these particular flaws. But it makes convincingly the same point.
Why are people so inconsistent? Is there such a thing as character? And did Stephen once have the world's longest chain of gum wrappers?