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Curiosity.com. I'm Cody Goff and I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about how

online trolls might be just as bad in real life. An auditory illusion rattlesnakes use to trick

human brains. And the universe's most epic object, the Blazer.

Let's satisfy some curiosity. Are internet trolls just as nasty in real life? Or is

there something about the internet that makes good people turn nasty? Researchers recently took a look at this question and it turns out that when it comes to online discussions,

some users are just bad apples.

This new study from Aruz University in Denmark tested the mismatch

hypothesis which is the idea that people act differently online than they do in

person. It's a common explanation for why political discussions turn especially toxic online.

I mean, you're much more likely to be polite to someone you're interacting with face-to-face

than an anonymous stranger on the internet, right?

Well, the scientists didn't find much evidence to support that.

Instead, they say that people who act aggressively online are just as hostile in person.

The internet just makes their behavior easier to see.

The team surveyed more than 8,000 Americans and Danes about their experiences and behavior in political conversations both on and offline.

People with more peaceable personalities reported opting out of political talk in any form.

If you don't like confrontation in the real world, out of political talk in any form.

If you don't like confrontation in the real world,

you don't like it online either.

But people who tended to be hostile

reported being the same way in online political discussions as they were in offline ones.

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