From: Paul McDermott (bandwidthboy@optusnet.com.au)
Date: Fri Aug 16 2002 - 22:22:36 MDT
Damien,
I did some studies on such stuff a few years ago for a thesis on theories on
human aggression, and this was one of the areas I looked at. If you want
details, let me know and I'll give you the lowdown with references.
Paul McDermott
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[mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Damien Broderick
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 1:47 PM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: RE: Psych/Philo: Brains want to cooperate
At 08:10 AM 8/16/02 -0700, Lee wrote:
>Perhaps this genetic flaw (from our perspective, of course) also
>has other repercussions besides a tendency to have lots of offspring.
>For example, before many opportunities to mate have arisen, such
>people have already run afoul of society's other rules, and perhaps
>already have a criminal record or have been shunned or killed.
Pulling this suggestion out of my, um, backbrain: perhaps
psychopathy-conducive damage isn't genetically inherited but due to, say,
developmental insult or other foetal or infant damage?
Damien Broderick
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