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Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: MRPLUTO on September 20, 2004, 11:30:02 AM

According to a story by Guy Gugliotta in today's Washington Post (09-20-04, page a6, Science Notebook), Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron", suffered from "perseveration, a brain dysfunction that causes people to persist in a task even when they know rationally that the chosen strategy is doomed and may be mortally dangerous."  This is why he dove low into enemy airspace on April 21, 1918, even though it "violated all kinds of rules of flying--rules from the manual that he himself wrote", said psychologist and co-author Daniel Orme.  "He had target fixation and mental rigidity."

In the case of von Richthofen, two retired Air Force clinicians, Orme and Thomas L. Hyatt, believe that the perserveration was caused when the Red Baron was left with a four-inch groove in his skull from a British bullet nine months before his death.  After the injury Richthofen "brooded, behaved boorishly in public, and pulled childish stunts completely out of character for the careful predator whose 80 kills eclipsed those of all other World War I pilots."

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Hmmmm.....brooding; boorish behavior; childish stunts; target fixation; mental rigidity.....sound familiar to anyone? :rolleyes:

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The paper is pubished in the autumn edition of the journal "Human Factors and Aerospace Safety".

MRPLUTO

Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: Guppy35 on September 20, 2004, 11:35:22 AM

So you are saying that many folks in the MA are survivors of having been shot in the head? :)

Dan/Slack

Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: MRPLUTO on September 20, 2004, 11:39:27 AM

That, or they'd better have some other good excuse.

MRPLUTO

Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: Westy on September 20, 2004, 11:39:56 AM

Or the equivalent thereof !  ;)

Eureka! I think MrPluto is onto something

Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: bustr on September 20, 2004, 05:33:45 PM

I thought this game inflicted us with it.....................persev eration. Or was that perverse behavior like sitting infront of your monitor for 4 hours at a stretch yelling at people who aren't there?:)

Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: Octavius on September 20, 2004, 05:36:02 PM

You mean... you haven't been shot in the head? :confused:

MrP! :)

Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: JB73 on September 20, 2004, 05:38:01 PM

i've been stabbed in the head

Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: bustr on September 20, 2004, 05:54:53 PM

Lets see as I remember...

1. An arrow.
2. Meat cleaver...really hurt alot.
3. Frying pan...made a loud sound.
4. Street curb, bled like a stuck pig.
5. Concret support beam.

Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: MRPLUTO on September 20, 2004, 06:24:56 PM

You know, oct, come to think of it, I was held up once and these guys did have a gun at my head.  But I am sure they didn't pull the trigger, and anyway, I do not exhibit symptoms of perservation.  I hope.  

MRPLUTO

Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: RTSigma on September 20, 2004, 11:32:34 PM

Maybe the Baron wanted to down that AR234?

Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: DoKGonZo on September 20, 2004, 11:48:38 PM

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Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: Westy on September 21, 2004, 07:26:08 AM

heh.     :)


Ok. Seriously. Who wants to join me and my new MA oriented squad of l337 pile-its?


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Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: Edbert on September 21, 2004, 07:36:50 AM

So, was it the bulletwound or this...perverseration thing...that caused the Red Baron to stop being a cherry picker and start furballin in the weeds?

I see a lot of that in the MA but I always associated it with boredom.

Title: The Cause of Dweebish, Suicidal Behavior Has Now Been Scientifically Established
Post by: Meatwad on September 21, 2004, 09:25:08 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Westy
heh.     :)


Ok. Seriously. Who wants to join me and my new MA oriented squad of l337 pile-its?


(http://www.mwscomp.com/mpfc/gumby1.jpg)

After a mission, everyone chants in gumby'ese

"Ohhh, that was fun!"