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A review by lindseynoniewicz
The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain by James Fallon
4.0
4.4 stars!!!
as a psych grad… such an interesting book to read. i’ve been slightly obsessed with the idea of psychopathy for a while (just how the brain functions differently than the “norm”… none of that weird stuff) so to read about it with the science behind it was insightful and intriguing to read throughout its entirety.
his question of: “do we need psychopaths?” truly is a leading question which made me stop and think for a couple moments. while the perfect world would probably say “no”, realistically, we do in fact need them. we have been able to learn so much from them that without their existence (gene existence) we probably wouldn’t know the things we do now. just my thoughts
overall great read, science heavy (wasn’t aware going into my first read) but explained very well, funny
as a psych grad… such an interesting book to read. i’ve been slightly obsessed with the idea of psychopathy for a while (just how the brain functions differently than the “norm”… none of that weird stuff) so to read about it with the science behind it was insightful and intriguing to read throughout its entirety.
his question of: “do we need psychopaths?” truly is a leading question which made me stop and think for a couple moments. while the perfect world would probably say “no”, realistically, we do in fact need them. we have been able to learn so much from them that without their existence (gene existence) we probably wouldn’t know the things we do now. just my thoughts
overall great read, science heavy (wasn’t aware going into my first read) but explained very well, funny