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I asked them why they didn’t tell me and they said, "We did tell you. We've all been telling you." I argued that they had called me "crazy," and they all said,

I asked them why they didn’t tell me and they said, "We did tell you. We've all been telling you." I argued that they had called me "crazy," and they all said, "No. We said you're psychopathic."

0xdeadbeefbabe 9y ago
It's interesting that the brain scan is the thing that opened his mind, but no one else did even though they tried.
- n4r9 9y ago
  Indeed. I often feel like I don't fully accept something until I've arrived at it in my own way somehow. It's similar to how a test for understanding a subject is whether you can put it "into your own words". I wonder if a similar effect could account for his ignorance of others' opinion of him. Almost certainly compounded by psychopathic inclinations to manipulate those around you, but never be manipulated.
  - 0xdeadbeefbabe 9y ago
    Then writing a book probably makes it more acceptable in some sense.
- wizardforhire 9y ago
  To his credit that's a true scientist. As far as evidence goes other people's opinions are low on the totem poll of acceptable evidence, but faced with overwhelming evidence he was forced to reexamine the anecdotal for correlation which he found and through his new lens was forced to accept. His response in writing his book and presenting his findings is the final step. I can only imagine given his condition how hard it was to accept the truth, but accept he did and the world is better place because of it.
- rcthompson 9y ago
  I think it's critical that he identified the scan as that of a psychopathic brain before he was aware that was his own scan.