Thoughtprints

I don't know why other people are so attracted to listening to all the little details of events such as what happened today at the Johnson Space Center or at VA Tech on Monday, but for me it is simply the mind-boggling study into the human psyche. I know that may sound cold, but it really isn't. My heart literally breaks for all those people, and I have shed many bitter tears. But doesn't it make you curious at all? Even a little?

Take, for instance, what I just heard reported on TV about the hostage-taker at JSC and his two hostages - they were all Engineers in that building, having worked together for years and, in fact, may have even had lunch together today! What could have possibly happened at lunch or immediately thereafter to cause him to kill his co-worker and then himself? Or maybe it was something he was planning for a while and had simply hidden very well. After all, he did purchase the gun used in his crime a month ago. He must have had a reason to buy it, right? Of course all of that is speculation and conjecture on my part. But that is what fascinates me - the intricacy and psychology of the human mind. It is a very, very powerful thing which can drive us to succeed in amazingly wonderful ways, or drive us into insanity. Where, and how, does that happen? That's what I want to know.

Human Psyche, Insanity, Psychology