The Psychopath Test

The Psychopath Test

2011 • 275 pages

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Average rating3.7

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Somewhat interesting but not illuminating. I'm no expert in psychopathy, but armed with a mere BA in psychology and an admitted interest in the macabre, I was eminently more informed than Ronson appeared to be in his interviews. (I was surprised, for instance, that anyone with a passing interest in the diagnosis of psychopathy would not be immediately alarmed by its potential for misuse and abuse.) His writing style implied an unexamined acceptance of whatever expert or skeptic he was speaking with at the moment.) It was also oddly unfocused – why the interludes on pediatric bipolar disorder and delusional conspiracy theorists?! Could have been so much better.

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