Loginwhats your oppinion on serial killers?
yui
14 years, 8 months ago at Sep 12 16:40 - why do you think they kill? can you justify any? what do they think? can they live in our society? and just your overall oppinion.
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jaytoast
14 years, 8 months ago at Sep 13 21:18 - Post something? Ah.... crickets chirping? Sorry, I don't have anything to share... perhaps if it was about Rugby, wildflowers or the price of wheat in the US compared to the global market... I might have something to add.
It has been a horrible year for berries and tomatoes.
See really... I have nothing in my bag about serial killers. Tho I do wonder if killers prefer Starbucks coffee or try to frequent other coffee shops.
It has been a horrible year for berries and tomatoes.
See really... I have nothing in my bag about serial killers. Tho I do wonder if killers prefer Starbucks coffee or try to frequent other coffee shops.
yui
14 years, 7 months ago at Sep 15 21:02 - lol starbucks are nice...
good place to find targets too^^
good place to find targets too^^
JBoD
14 years, 7 months ago at Sep 22 21:22 - why do you think they kill?
Some research attributes impulsivity to reduced activity in the frontal lobe. This lack of activity could be genetic, accidental (result of injury)or environmental. The part of the brain which would control impulses is impaired, and compulsion then takes over.
can you justify any?
Absolutely not.
what do they think?
I don't know that they think, so much as are driven to "act" to satisfy their compulsion. This is a generalization, but: it appears they are driven both by compulsion and survival.
can they live in our society?
I don't believe it. A sociopath might, but not a psychopath. I recently watched a report in which a researcher found out he had hereditary reduced frontal lobe activity, yet he was a highly productive member of society and a family man. The environmental factor, his familial environment growing up, was nurturing and rewarding. Had he been subjected to hardship and abuse as a child, results would have been likely different.
So it seems several, not just one factor have to come into play.
Some research attributes impulsivity to reduced activity in the frontal lobe. This lack of activity could be genetic, accidental (result of injury)or environmental. The part of the brain which would control impulses is impaired, and compulsion then takes over.
can you justify any?
Absolutely not.
what do they think?
I don't know that they think, so much as are driven to "act" to satisfy their compulsion. This is a generalization, but: it appears they are driven both by compulsion and survival.
can they live in our society?
I don't believe it. A sociopath might, but not a psychopath. I recently watched a report in which a researcher found out he had hereditary reduced frontal lobe activity, yet he was a highly productive member of society and a family man. The environmental factor, his familial environment growing up, was nurturing and rewarding. Had he been subjected to hardship and abuse as a child, results would have been likely different.
So it seems several, not just one factor have to come into play.
yui
14 years, 7 months ago at Sep 24 22:56 - lol you know i heard that humans are the only creatures that enjoy killing animals and watching them suffer.
JBoD
14 years, 7 months ago at Sep 25 17:44 - Not all that sure about that. Have you ever seen a cat play with a mouse or a bird...? Brutal..! :-)
astro_man23
14 years, 7 months ago at Sep 25 19:13 - i have to echo JBoD...
humans aren't the only animals that murder or enjoy inflicting pain.
some chimpanzees have been observed headhunting in neighboring tribes and when there is absolutely no physical reason to do so, they corner a weak neighbor and literally tear it to shreds. then they cannibalize it, usually its face or brain.
killer whales have been filmed toying with seals by tossing them violently around in the water as part of an "educational game" to teach their young how to identify prey and control it completely. at least that's what scientists guess is going on. the whales will toy with the seal for hours until it dies, sometimes not even eating it.
baby pelicans are born usually three to a clutch. the smallest of the clutch is automatically targeted by the bigger two, who will peck it blind and throw it out of the nest. then one of the remaining two will do the same to the other, leaving it in turn to starve to death on the ground. they do this even when there is enough food to sustain more than one baby pelican.
these are just the ones that popped to mind, but there are countless examples of animals being inexplicably cruel. at one point scientists believed that animals could not have human emotions, such as empathy or cruelty. (i mean, they believed that animal behavior could NOT be explained by human emotions). but that view is not shared by everyone today. since empathy is a complex emotion, like cruelty, it probably did not arise spontaneously in the human species. instead, we likely inherited an emotional "template" from the animals. and like our thumbs and spines, our emotional capacity most likely evolved through various adaptations. even though we "know" our emotions to be clearly human, they probably exist in other species as homologues due to a long, shared lineage. (e.g., humans have also been known to ritualize acts of cannibalism, especially brain eating for some reason.)
and sorry about the long reply, it's an area of interest.
humans aren't the only animals that murder or enjoy inflicting pain.
some chimpanzees have been observed headhunting in neighboring tribes and when there is absolutely no physical reason to do so, they corner a weak neighbor and literally tear it to shreds. then they cannibalize it, usually its face or brain.
killer whales have been filmed toying with seals by tossing them violently around in the water as part of an "educational game" to teach their young how to identify prey and control it completely. at least that's what scientists guess is going on. the whales will toy with the seal for hours until it dies, sometimes not even eating it.
baby pelicans are born usually three to a clutch. the smallest of the clutch is automatically targeted by the bigger two, who will peck it blind and throw it out of the nest. then one of the remaining two will do the same to the other, leaving it in turn to starve to death on the ground. they do this even when there is enough food to sustain more than one baby pelican.
these are just the ones that popped to mind, but there are countless examples of animals being inexplicably cruel. at one point scientists believed that animals could not have human emotions, such as empathy or cruelty. (i mean, they believed that animal behavior could NOT be explained by human emotions). but that view is not shared by everyone today. since empathy is a complex emotion, like cruelty, it probably did not arise spontaneously in the human species. instead, we likely inherited an emotional "template" from the animals. and like our thumbs and spines, our emotional capacity most likely evolved through various adaptations. even though we "know" our emotions to be clearly human, they probably exist in other species as homologues due to a long, shared lineage. (e.g., humans have also been known to ritualize acts of cannibalism, especially brain eating for some reason.)
and sorry about the long reply, it's an area of interest.
JBoD
14 years, 7 months ago at Sep 26 20:46 - Thank you for this. That was a great post, actually.