(08-18-2013, 07:36 PM)J.R.S.Storch Wrote: Humans are not logical. With logic, comes the emptiness of emotion which us humans embrace.
They did an experiment where they altered a person's prefrontal cortex and frontal lobe, the portion of the brain that plays a large factor in regulating emotions. However, the person also lost the ability to plan ahead and make sensible decisions related to their well-being. A possible conclusion that can be drawn from this is that emotion and logic are not dichotomies but are intricately connected.
From a Chronotastic perspective, I would say human wars are directly a result of social identity. It feels good to believe that you're fighting for an absolute good and that the enemy is an absolute evil which must be erased. And of course, the people who dictate absolutes are the people who control the group.