The Criminal Mind

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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    reborncareerist wrote:
    Indeed I do. A lack of information equals a lack of choice, in many cases.

    Great, that's all I want, is for people to have that understanding and apply it.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    farfromglorified wrote:
    If you continue on the path you're headed on now, I'm sure you'll do it for me.

    Nope, wrong again.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Umm, no, that is a hilarious diagnosis. That is funny shit man. Do you know anything about psychology?

    Enough to know that posts like this tell me what others know about psychology.

    Teach me. Refute my points. Tell me what the defining line between "good" and "bad" can be, in your world.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Ahnimus wrote:
    So, when a kid turns 19 or 21 in some states, he is magically endowed with free-will?

    If he's jewish, it's magically endowed at age 14?

    something like that. there are stages of development. the age is slightly arbitrary. but there is no doubt an adult has different capacities from a child. this is why we can account for such things in sentencing. this is why we have insanity defenses.
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Enough to know that posts like this tell me what others know about psychology.

    Teach me. Refute my points. Tell me what the defining line between "good" and "bad" can be, in your world.

    Read my signature.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Great, that's all I want, is for people to have that understanding and apply it.

    Then enslave them. Make them do it. Force them. What are you waiting for?
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Great, that's all I want, is for people to have that understanding and apply it.

    how noble of you to deign to come down and mingle with us peasants and grace us with your superior knowledge. shall i now grovel at your feet and beg for more nuggets of your wisdom?
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Umm, no, that is a hilarious diagnosis. That is funny shit man. Do you know anything about psychology?

    I don't know, man ... The language is kind of metaphorical, but you don't think he's onto something at all? He said what I did, basically ... His language is more peotic than the pith I write, but the basic message? There's part of you that really does want to change. But you'll have to choose that part, at some point ... You'll have to choose it to represent who you really are.


    You now have a lot of the information you need, yes? Even before you started this thread.
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    soulsinging wrote:
    something like that. there are stages of development. the age is slightly arbitrary. but there is no doubt an adult has different capacities from a child. this is why we can account for such things in sentencing. this is why we have insanity defenses.

    Yea, in the early 20s of life the pre-frontal cortex of the brain develops. It has nothing to do with free-will. It's all about logic and reasoning. Of course, you can't guarantee that every 20 year old is fully developed. For example, I think yours is slightly retarded.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Read my signature.

    Hehe...I have. Tell me, if "good and evil" are myths, why did Mr. Darrow care what happened to Leopold & Loeb?
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    reborncareerist wrote:
    I don't know, man ... The language is kind of metaphorical, but you don't think he's onto something at all? He said what I did, basically ... His language is more peotic than the pith I write, but the basic message? There's part of you that really does want to change. But you'll have to choose that part, at some point ... You'll have to choose it to represent who you really are.


    You now have a lot of the information you need, yes? Even before you started this thread.

    I don't need to change that I'm aware of. As Schopnehauer and Einstein said. A person can not will what he wants. What we want is not our choice.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Yea, in the early 20s of life the pre-frontal cortex of the brain develops. It has nothing to do with free-will. It's all about logic and reasoning. Of course, you can't guarantee that every 20 year old is fully developed. For example, I think yours is slightly retarded.

    ill take retarded over psychopathic any day of the week, thank you very much.
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    soulsinging wrote:
    how noble of you to deign to come down and mingle with us peasants and grace us with your superior knowledge. shall i now grovel at your feet and beg for more nuggets of your wisdom?

    Dude, I'm not preaching to you about law.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Dude, I'm not preaching to you about law.

    no, you're just preaching to us about your superior memorization of the psychology textbook you read.
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    soulsinging wrote:
    ill take retarded over psychopathic any day of the week, thank you very much.

    Do you know what it means to be a "Devil's Advocate"? that's the impression I get from you.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    soulsinging wrote:
    no, you're just preaching to us about your superior memorization of the psychology textbook you read.

    That's textbooks, and sorry, I missed the part where you are studying psychology. I thought you were studying law.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Do you know what it means to be a "Devil's Advocate"? that's the impression I get from you.

    not surprising. it's been applied to me before. i can see all sides of every issue. i only recoil when somebody's attitude rubs me the wrong way. like your narrow-minded and arrogant conviction that your beliefs are gospel and anyone who disagrees is stupid and simply cannot comprehend the level of intelligence you possess.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Ahnimus wrote:
    That's textbooks, and sorry, I missed the part where you are studying psychology. I thought you were studying law.

    i have studied psychology as well. reading a book doesn't make you an expert. furthermore, your theories are pointless becos, as ive pointed out, there is absolutely no way to implement them in the real world. it's easy to talk about what psychology will work in a carefully controlled lab. but sadly for you, there's a real world out there that people like me have to deal with.
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Ahnimus wrote:
    I don't need to change that I'm aware of. As Schopnehauer and Einstein said. A person can not will what he wants. What we want is not our choice.

    Are you sure about that? I am ... unconvinced.
    :)
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    reborncareerist wrote:
    Are you sure about that? I am ... unconvinced.
    :)

    oh shit. now you've done it. you gave him what he's been looking for this whole a time, a chance to drone on endlessly about how nobody has free wil and nobody makes any choices.

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