this is what min told cai ling, yie yie and me about an article she read in reader's digest about psychopaths.
one in every 100 people is a psychopath. you will definitely meet at least one in your life.
a psychopath is a person without a conscience.
their condition is due to a certain part of their hypothalamus, ie the part of the brain that controls emotions, being blocked. hence, they are unable to experience certain emotions ordinary people can.
whilst we have a certain reaction (ie emotion) to negative words such as death and rape, due to their condition, a psychopath feels nothing.
and check this out: psychopaths come across as extremely nice people at first, and are said to be rather charismatic. after a period of interaction with them, however, one will then realise his/her true colours.
i never knew that this was the definition of a psychopath. i just thought they were crazy dudes/dudettes. i never realised it was such a sad condition.
so there you go. you've learnt something new today. :)
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