WTF? "The Knockout Game". it's evidently spreading- and trending on social media

[IrishAyes]

29. Let me provide an example from nature, to which many people forget or deny our inclusion.

Scientists have observed aberrant behavior in young male elephants in the wild when there are no mature bulls present due to poaching or whatever.

Humans like to discount the critical nature of close association with healthy role models and we also like to excuse using degrading entertainment media as convenient electronic pacifiers.

There's not that much difference between species when it comes down to the nitty gritty. When our legitimate biological and psychological needs go unmet, abberant behavior is going to result, like it or not. I'm not making any excuses, simply trying to look at the problem scientifically - a practice we ignore at our common peril. Yes, we can and should wish for better, but we're damned sure not going to get it by denying our situation!

Reality insofar as it can be determined is our friend. Ignorance of the human animal is NOT. EVER.

One other note: Modern city planners have found ways to design spaces that passively reduce some of our baser behaviors. I find that encouraging. But they didn't discover this by ignoring or denying what happens under given conditions either.