agumonkey t1_iwo1col wrote
Reply to comment by series_hybrid in Psychopathic tendencies are associated with an elevated interest in fire, study finds by chrisdh79
> "get away with it".
that's an interesting model. Kids early on want to get away with it, they can resort to lies very very young.. so fire as a free escape trick would tap into the same logic.
series_hybrid t1_iwo5oe3 wrote
I think everyone has heard of an example similar to the child who ate the oreo cookies, and when the three kids were asked who ate them, they all three said "not me" but...one of them has black cookie crumbs between their teeth.
Even a "good" kid is curious about how to exert some little bit of control in their lives, and getting away with some minor offense can be exhilarating.
agumonkey t1_iwpienz wrote
yeah but in a way "fire" would just be "the ultimate control" and this is also a very recurrent desire in humans. We all want to have silver bullet solutions, infinite money, eternal youth, invicibility
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