Originally Posted by
Endus
Haven't seen any direct causal connection proposed. Checking suicide rate data, I'm not seeing a huge bump when looked at in terms of rate per capita, over a long enough time frame 30+ years). If anything, there was a record-setting low point in suicide rates in the '90s in the Western world.
I'm not accepting base correlation as an explanation for anything.
If they were "biologically compelled", then they'd take those steps regardless. Plus, such "compulsions" differ by individual.