Law #19: It's better to be safe than right.
Ever hear somebody say "I knew that wouldn't work." or "I told you it wouldn't work". These words usually follow somebody doing something stupid that most likely could have caused them serious bodily hard. What would motivate any individual to do such a thing? The desire to prove themselves right. It reminds of young Marty McFly and his weakness for being called chicken. It became a running gag throughout the entire series where Marty was on track to accomplish something but was quickly distracted once someone called him a chicken, leading him to make several costly (and usually painful) mistakes. Seriously though, we all know Biff Tannen would have mopped the floor with Marty if he was ever given the opportunity. Marty's pretty good at running away. But I digress. Yes there are several scientific theories as to why we, as humans, constantly need to prove ourselves right (for which I'm far to lazy to research just for this blog post). I think though it takes a special kind of stupid to risk harm for the sake of being right.
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