A person destroys himself with the help of bad habits, and no longer needs to prove to anyone what is fraught with what.
But despite the irrefutable evidence presented, people continue to harm themselves.
Why this happens was discovered by employees of the University of New South Wales using a computer game.
The results of the study were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Experts believe that giving up bad habits is justified by a person’s failure to accept the connection between actions taken and consequences.
Research details
A group of volunteers were recruited to take part in the experiment and were asked to play a computer game.
There was an episode in the game's script that, when activated, made the player's situation worse.
Some of the players figured out how to avoid trouble. The rest had to be told about it.
Most players improved their performance, but there remained a category that, knowing about the negative consequences, continued to play, provoking bad consequences.
Conclusions of scientists
Scientists came to the conclusion that this category of people had a reduced rate of learning from their mistakes.
More often than not, those who find the consequences unclear fall into the trap.
There is also an assumption that under the influence of short-term emotions, which are caused by bad habits, actions are performed uncontrollably.
