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To: redpoll
I read the review of a book about psychopathic behavior which stated that one percent of the population are psychopathic

Perhaps it was the review of The Sociopath Next Door... 1 in 25 is clinically or subclinically a sociopath... 4%. That is one (or more) in every classroom.

35 posted on 04/12/2014 1:03:17 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

>>>Perhaps it was the review of The Sociopath Next Door... 1 in 25 is clinically or subclinically a sociopath... 4%. That is one (or more) in every classroom.<<<<

No, this was a book about psychopathology, with an emphasis on those who are “functioning” psychopaths in business, media, and academia. I think I read the review in National Review.... and somewhere in my talk radio life, there was an interview with the author who suggested that at some point in the future there would be some kind of pharmacological cure for psychopathy. Apparently there’s a lot of hub-hub in some circles about the definitions and differences between sociopaths and psychopaths... needless to say, I don’t want to interact with either one of them.


36 posted on 04/12/2014 1:30:41 PM PDT by redpoll
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