From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Mon Oct 18 1999 - 14:28:48 MDT
>As a neuroscientist, I immediately think "Aha! Frontal lobe
>dysfunction!" when I read the descriptions of antisocial personality
>disorder. Most likely they suffer from bad programming (due to
>upbringing and/or biological causes) in the frontal systems of
>foresight, impulse control and social intellince. Unfortunately it is
>likely hard to fix.
Yes, fixing frontal lobe dysfunctionals presents quite a challenge,
especially when they organize into political parties and special interest
groups which lobby for their particular brand of educational reform -- or
when they succumb to yet another Fuhrer. Even more difficult to fix:
congenital tribalism, which too often leads to genocide and accompanying
holocausts.
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