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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCause and effect: say what?
Ever since I was a kid, I've been fascinated by people who don't seem to have a sense of cause and effect: "If I do this, that may happen." I've known a lot of them, and many were in the "Well, it may, but it shouldn't" camp.
But I seem to be noticing this more and more today -- stuff like cops doing stuff with their body cameras rolling, or people flying off the handle while being videoed, or road rage, or just dumb stuff. So I don't know if I'm just seeing more of it because of the internet, or because it's happening more and more. Or both.
But I just find it fascinating.
Caliman73
(11,730 posts)I think that the rates are probably not too different than before the rise of phone cameras and social media. There is likely a small bump from the desire to be "internet famous".
Our brains are wired in odd ways, with the understanding of cause and effect, but a lot of emotional processes that nullify that logical structure.
Cirque du So-What
(25,927 posts)of implying that correlation equals causation. I was an electrical / electronic troubleshooter in a previous life. I lost count of times that people made ludicrous suggestions while I was trying to work.
MagickMuffin
(15,936 posts)ALWAYS!
You cannot escape it.
Walleye
(31,008 posts)It may destroy the United States?