Would you agree that everything we do, is out of selfishness?

Would you agree that everything we do, is out of selfishness?
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answer:There are a lot of psychologists who argue that true altruism does not exist because even the most selfless acts have some ostensible self-interested motivation behind them (“feeling good,” glory, fame, validation, etc.). I don’t know if it’s true or not or how I feel about it, but it makes sense and I can’t come up with a valid counterpoint.
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