I think you mean insane, not inanimate.
Perhaps. When they're students and still at an early age, they can be quite bright and intelligent. The bonus is if their peers are good ones, they'll provide good examples for them later on in life. Sometimes if they build each other up, that can have a positive effect instead of a negative one.
It's kind of the same reason this forum is not the same as previous forums I've visited. Despite the occasional complaint or protest that occurs from lack of knowledge or issue with something that requires repair, most times each of you has been wise and helpful, showing and guiding gently, and carefully.
There are times when the fun gets a bit silly and out of control...but the moderators realize we're only just big kids at heart who live vicariously through our children, or who we seem to think we are, that makes the difference.
Insane? No. It was our own immaturity that drove our parents nuts when we were growing up, and it was our parents who protected us and cared for us, with a mind to mild correction. and a willingness to let us be who we were. In time, as we grew out of childhood, we began to see things in a different light, and realized that as we became adults we also would need to be good examples to others, if we didn't want to end up sick, hurt, incarcerated, or dead.
There were things we had to avoid, and although when we chose to be guitarists, the clue to our being good examples was living a clean life, and taking care of ourselves others so that they might appreciate why you chose to do this.
In summary, if we were all clean-cut kids when we were growing up that followed the same course during his of her entire lifetime, perhaps there would be less chance of being ensnared by the usual lures and traps this world has that causes us to fare badly.
In illustration, you can go on a vacation to swim at a beach, but you can't breathe underwater without some assisted gear. Likewise, you plant a seed and cultivate it hoping it will grow and mature, making produce for your family. Time to wake the kids up again.