Why is it that when something goes wrong people always try to find someone to blame, even if there is no one at fault? I'm wondering this after everyone seems to be confused over who to blame over the suicide of that nurse after the prank calls.
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Being angry has a lot to do with it. It doesn't matte whether or not the thing you take it out on is responsible or not. Ever throw your controller across the room because you were pissed? Does that make any sense to do? No, But it feels good, and without any control people will tend to do this.
Because compensation culture has ingrained in the minds of a worrying amount of the population that there must be a single clearly culpable source for every unfortunate occurrence, when there really isn't. Accidents and freak, unforeseen consequences are scary, because they remind us that we live in a world that is complex and beyond our will, and people will pay a lot of money to be given a relatable human face that blame can be stamped on so they don't have to concern themselves with thoughts that might make them uncomfortable. Also, humans are inherently tribal creatures, and as such have an unpleasant tendency to gang up on people who have for whatever reason ended up ostracised, even if the circumstances are nothing to do with us.
Shock + Ignorance = Fear. Fear + Stupidity = Anger. Anger + Greed = Blame.
Shock + Ignorance = Fear. Fear + Stupidity = Anger. Anger + Greed = Blame.
Pictured: The guy to blame for all of YOUR problems!
I've noticed that people tend to not like feeling as if they're at fault for something. That might have something to do with it.
"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." - Yoda.
This is basically the cycle, when people are afraid of something thy become angry, that anger manifests a hate of the target of anger, and in essence the scapegoat and affiliated groups suffer.
This is basically the cycle, when people are afraid of something thy become angry, that anger manifests a hate of the target of anger, and in essence the scapegoat and affiliated groups suffer.
This is why I try to judge people based on their intent rather than the results of their actions unless their actions are blatantly harmful. Most of the time it's too difficult to pin down a problem as coming from a specific source, there are a million factors in each problem in the world, but people like simplicity.
I'm sorry but no one is at fault from the nurse/prank call case?Froggy Slayer said:
That wasn't an act of nature, that was a bunch of people doing actions they shouldn't have. I don't know about other places but I work in the medical field and we call things like this "never cases". Never cases are cases that never should have happened, and there are causes that lead up to certain effects, most things just don't happen out of the blue for no reason. This isn't a storm or an earthquake it's an occurrence that happened due to people's interactions, thus you cannot claim that there is no one at fault. While blame might be doled out across the board to several people that still isn't a case of "no one is at fault".
I'm gonna play a little devil's advocate and say that the tendency to look for something to blame when something bad happens is fairly sensible. After all, isn't it natural when something bad happens, to analyze the situation and look for the cause? That would certainly be helpful when it comes to preventing future occurrences of whatever bad thing happened. I'd like to think the majority or at least a significant portion of the rush of people currently looking for someone to blame regarding the nurse incident view suicide as bad, and are following their natural instinct to find out what went wrong, and after finding what they believe to be the primary cause of the suicide, are acting out as such. While many incidents may have no single cause that can be sufficiently blamed as the primary cause, it is still a good idea to look for something to "blame", so that you can fix it or get rid of it, if everything was shipshape, then nothing bad would have happened, so there must be something that can be improved.
I know what you're saying... you picked a bad example.
Maybe having someone/something to blame is more comfortable than facing exactly how chaotic and unstable shit really is.
Maybe having someone/something to blame is more comfortable than facing exactly how chaotic and unstable shit really is.
This song started playing in my mind as soon as I read the thread title:
OT: People don't like owning up to their own mistakes so they blame others usually. Or, in the case of the recent shooting, people like to put the blame on something easy to target like Mass Effect. Just people being stupid in general.
It's because people are religious at heart. People in general do not care about truth for the sake of truth, but for the sake of comfort and as you ought to realize by now, comfort can much more easily be achieved through untruth.
Video games are relatively new compared to the other forms of media and it quickly became a worldwide sensation, so some ignorant people have taken to blame it for any tragedies that happen.
So basically, stupidity and closed-mindedness.
But do correct me if I'm wrong.
So basically, stupidity and closed-mindedness.
But do correct me if I'm wrong.
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