Here's a study that shows that people derive pleasure from revenge (punishing norm violato

People derive pleasure from punishing norm violators-- i.e. revenge feels good. [+][Article published here, use search to find if link doesn't work

I think that this topic is of general interest to cryonicists, and that it's also off-topic with respect to cryonics which makes it fit for Cryonics Cafe.

It occurred to me that Larry Johnson's behavior might be explainable as having been a form of revenge-- that he actually sees Alcor has having violated norms-- and so is hard-wired like all of us are-- to seek pleasure in vengence (unjustified attacks). We might want to keep the hard wiring for revenge for violating norms in mind, as cryonicists, for future reference. It's one of those things related to survival in general.