Disordered World
September 19, 2013 4:20 AM   Subscribe

What if we were to discover that a different type of human being is living among us? And what if we found out that this type of person is responsible for most of the violence and greed in our world? Amazing as it may seem, that is exactly what modern psychology is telling us.

Of course, the behaviour of psychopaths hasn't gone unnoticed. They have been discussed previously here and here.

iTunes link to Rob Kall's interview with Ian Hughes.
posted by Homemade Interossiter (6 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Links that are mainly promos for someone's book is probably not the best way to go with this. -- taz



 
Lord those are some janky links.
posted by Benjy at 4:25 AM on September 19, 2013


Psychopaths are interesting but "responsible for most of the violence and greed in our world" is a gross overstatement. It's also a convenient one, because it lets us ignore how much suffering we "normal" people tolerate and create, despite our supposedly great faculty for empathy.
posted by grobstein at 4:25 AM on September 19, 2013


I wouldn't expect much from a physicist writing a popular book about psychology, really.
posted by pipeski at 4:26 AM on September 19, 2013


This mostly comes across as an effort to sell a book and drum up interest in his lectures and possible radio show.
posted by Old'n'Busted at 4:27 AM on September 19, 2013 [1 favorite]


As a partial corrective, check out these experiments on "everyday sadism."
posted by grobstein at 4:27 AM on September 19, 2013


The proportion of drivers who go out of their way to squash a helpless turtle is much higher than the proportion of psychopaths in the population.
posted by grobstein at 4:29 AM on September 19, 2013


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