[ SECRET POST #2518 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2518 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Because that would mean humanizing the villains in their own lives

[(Anonymous)]

This is a very well-thought-out response, and I do agree with you. I would be remiss in my own conscience if I did not point out that, although rare (estimated to be in the 1 - 5% category of all human beings), science is rapidly catching up with brain imaging and psychological profiling of those who actually are evil, the psychopaths. Which has nothing to do with your point, I realize you are referring to the general population who are not psychopaths.

IME, whether they are the way they are due to faulty wiring or messed-up genetics, psychopaths really are evil, with no redeeming values whatsoever. Because every act they do (no exceptions) is to gain something for themselves; they are incapable of empathizing with other people, to the point where they see us as nothing more than either tools (to be used) or obstacles (to be eliminated) on their paths through life.

Re: Because that would mean humanizing the villains in their own lives

[nyxelestia]

Interestingly enough on brain imaging of psychopaths...

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/11/the-neuroscientist-who-discovered-he-was-a-psychopath/

That seems to indicate that the people we traditionally think of as "psychopaths" are arguably a product of their environment as well as their DNA. The question then becomes, what is a psychopath? What does that word even mean? Does it just mean someone neurologically inclined towards violence, arrogance, and narcissism? Or does it mean someone who has crossed some line into being a serial killer, at which point - is there a difference between psychopathic serial killers and non-psychopathic serial killers, and if so, what is it?

(Sorry to hijack your thread/post, it's just a topic that intrigues me on many levels).