I’m sick of the word suicide bombing. What brings a young muslim man to detonate himself? Is it a religious upbringing with promises of paradise in reward for acts of martyrdom? Is it the parental support he receives for his convictions? Is it brainwashing, or rather encouragement from a society with no other means of fighting back against oppression and humiliation? What is happening here? I needed an answer for what makes a suicide bomber and I came across these statistics and findings…

47% of the suicide bombers have an academic education and an additional 29% have at least a high school education.
83% of the suicide bombers are single.
64% of the suicide bombers are between the ages 18-23; most of the rest are under 30.

And the BBC reported that suicide bombers “are likely to be motivated by religious fervor.” According to a BBC report, recruits are “picked out from mosques, schools and religious institutions. They are likely to have shown particular dedication to the principles of Islam… and are taught the rewards that will await them if they sacrifice their lives.”

What does these all mean? I cant judge why would somebody blow himself, And would never like to quote religion or any social problem in this context. Period. But I surely but definitely as I always did, blame the Human condition and our tendency to self-destruct. We are self destructive only because we forgot our original Nature. We from being a simple, self-fulfilling, respectful and joyful, have turned into Compulsive Obscessive Rationalists. For example, the majority of humans stampede to join the herds, or “bandwagons,” of charismatic leaders. There, they delight in winning decisive victories, though it isn’t always clear exactly what they win. Nevertheless, having won, the majority regards minorities as losers, unfit to participate in the activities of the herd.

After the atomic bombs were detonated in Japan, Albert Einstein observed, “Everything has changed, except human nature.” He was noting that humans destroy each other with any available tools. In this way, leaders invite mass extinction by turning the products of abstract thought against their own species. In other words, in their advanced brains, most humans carry a powerful potential resource for adaptation and survival, but since they don’t know how to use it, they abuse it. Moreover, they do this to popular acclaim. Many political factors retard mental fitness. With a mix of such primitive politics and powerful technology, our species may not have enough time to realize such a revolution in thinking and soon self destruct. Before that happens, folks have a nice time.