The Wisdom of Psychopaths

The Wisdom of Psychopaths

Author: Kevin Dutton

Psychopaths look, smell, and sound like regular people, but they don’t care about you any more than they care about the steak they ate for lunch. The good news is, not all psychopaths are serial killers. The bad news is, you’ve probably bumped into a psychopath today. Approximately one percent of people are clinically psychopathic, which means there are about 250 psychopaths on campus.

Kevin Dutton sees a bright side to this statistic. The person who would happily eat you could also be the one who saves you from a burning building, operates on your brain, or defends your country from invasion. They could also have a clearer mind than the most disciplined buddhist monk. To find out why, read this rip-snorting sterler of a popular science book. 

This article first appeared in Issue 20, 2016.
Posted 12:14pm Sunday 21st August 2016 by Lucy Hunter.