A little bit of science. *worth reading*

Did they explain exactly what kind of damage?I wonder if it's damage to neurons connecting to specific other centers.There might be a pattern.

did u study neuroscience?

Whatchasay wrote:This gene, the MAO-A gene was later given a name; the "Warrior gene" which in fact they found to be more present in asian/pacific islanders.. a 61% ratio for them, to a 33% ratio for whites/non-hispanics. So, the chances are the number of psychopaths in our society will rapidly decrease as less and less families bring children into abusive and bad families, and the average life-style becomes easier and more care-free. Go figure!

Thanks for the article, it was an interesting read.

Small point to be raised:

If the incidences of psychopathy occurring in the future depend largely upon the "average life-style" becoming "easier and more care-free", I believe this begs further consideration. I am not wholly aware of the average life-style becoming easier and more care-free. Being impoverished and living in a non- or semi-industrialized country does not necessarily begat having a difficult life. Neither does being rich enough to afford costs of daily living in an industrialized country mean that life becomes "care-free". As a general statistic, incidences of childhood abuse and neglect are rising across the Western world (source: meta-analyses done of British, North American studies on child sociology). If we continue the line of thought that environmental determinism is a large (75%+) contributor to the development of psychopathy, then I would hesitate to say that psychopathy is on the wane.