There is a growing feeling that the Western Bulldogs’ perennial travails in the AFL finals may soon be consigned to the history books just possibly not this year“Between a tall,solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg, and ” said novelist Haruki Murakami during an acceptance speech in Israel a few troubled years ago.
Humans acquire an overwhelming tendency to go for the underdog,science says. It doesn’t matter if we are watching sport or a couple of simple animated objects racing against each other, nearly all of us want to see the little guy win. And it all seemingly ties into fears approximately our survival and vulnerabilities in a hostile world.
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Source: theguardian.com