Psychology and Mental Health
Irrational Human Behaviors: Thoughts Initiated by Recent Astroworld Festival Crowd Crush
The ways our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors affect society
Millions of people, if not billions, have died or suffered pain because of the irrational behaviors of human beings. Wars are typical examples of this suffering.
Our thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and social interactions can have significant consequences for humanity. Fundamentally, our thoughts and emotions create our behavior.
People might think that education would solve irrational behavior. However, in my opinion, irrational behavior has nothing to do with education. Even well-educated people make meaningless decisions and perform senseless actions.
We dared to explode an atomic bomb even though we knew its harmed humanity. Uneducated people did not make these decisions. They were made by highly educated people at an elite level. Was Hitler uneducated?
Imagine super-intelligent AI goes into the hands of people like Hitler. We are capable of creating disasters from our intelligence and beliefs.
Beliefs play a critical role in shaping society. By using our beliefs, we create false identities…
