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Study sheds light on why some people keep self-sabotaging (Listen up, Elon?) - C C - Jul 25, 2025
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/study-sheds-light-on-why-some-people-keep-self-sabotaging/
INTRO: Most people, after suffering consequences for a bad decision, will alter their future behavior to avoid a similar negative outcome. That's just common sense. But many social circles have that one friend who never seems to learn from those consequences, repeatedly self-sabotaging themselves with the same bad decisions. When it comes to especially destructive behaviors, like addictions, the consequences can be severe or downright tragic.
Why do they do this? Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, suggest that the core issue is that such people don't seem able to make a causal connection between their choices/behavior and the bad outcome, according to a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications Psychology. Nor are they able to integrate new knowledge into their decision-making process effectively to get better results. The results could lead to the development of new intervention strategies for gambling, drug, and alcohol addictions... (MORE - details)
RE: Study sheds light on why some people keep self-sabotaging (Listen up, Elon?) - Syne - Jul 26, 2025
I find it hard to believe that Elon has an inability to "integrate new knowledge into [his] decision-making process."