The Neurobiology of Evil

[@SamRobertduty]

Evil doesn't have to be violent acts. Manipulating someone can sometimes be just as destructive as committing violence.

[@sheebee8398]

Adam Caith like the main stream media manipulating us through fear propaganda - causing us to hate and fear others, ourselves and our lives?

[@brayansanchez2854]

Oooo Zimbardos theory I see 👀

[@jarrodyuki7081]

ill tell you that im evil then.

[@tone3560]

"Manipulation" can be considered any human interaction. Therefore this term is only circumstantial based off the severity of ones perception towards what one would consider what manipulation means.

[@scottcupp8129]

So very right you are.

[@olandouglaswebb5316]

Law is not a moral authority. For example slavery was once legal.

[@HL-iw1du]

Olan Douglas Webb Yes. I hope the main reason that most people don’t murder and kidnap others is that they think it is wrong, not that they might be caught.

[@dinlee3142]

@@HL-iw1du negative

[@DidyDoddie]

But slavery has not always been seen as immoral

[@misschievous5071]

Slavery is still legal. There are 25 M still in slavery today in Muslim countries.

[@megandeath3900]

morals change over time and from culture to culture, not saying slavery is acceptable or any crime but morals change and laws change depending on morals too.

[@SagaciousNJ]

Dickering about the use of the word evil serves no purpose here. If the word evil is able to mean anything then it must surely apply to rapists, murderers and kidnappers. Evil as a concept is appropriate in this context because we're talking about the neurological basis of what we take to be moral or immoral acts.

[@HL-iw1du]

Nigel Franklin what most people (including me) think is evil, yes

[@maggyfrog]

off-topic, is dr. stone's right eyebrow permanently raised?

[@taylor3321]

I feel like this is more important to address than whatever the topic is

[@elsadog9]

I think it's a McCartney...

[@roxanneroxanne7425]

Maggy Frog what

[@somethingyousaid5059]

He needs only a cape and a mustache to twirl the end of with his thumb and forefinger. He's already got the raised eyebrow.

[@kelp3442]

Get a grip

[@lenziany]

Hopefully, the absence of amygdala wont be an excuse in court for giving not guilty sentences for murderer in the future

[@kelp3442]

As long as the person is prevented from doing further harm who cares?

[@hkmorhsi]

on the contrary, someone's lack of amygdala should be a clear red flag. They are just as unfit to live in a cooperative society as someone with asthma trying to run a 10k, you are forcing someone to do something they can't do AND hate doing.

[@armadillo85]

Some people seem leery of the ACC due to its amount of control, but this really lays some of those fears to rest. Thank you!

[@dkdurham2607]

Cause of behavior is difficult to determine by viewing brain activity. It's obvious that someone not experiencing empathy would show a brain not experiencing empathy. And the nature and source of consciousness is still pretty much unknown to scientists. Some think the brain is a receiver of consciousness not the producer of it at all.

[@hkmorhsi]

try to sound smart and meaningful? embarrassing. "Cause of behavior is difficult to determine by viewing brain activity" "It's obvious that someone not experiencing empathy would show a brain not experiencing empathy" in the same breath, don't see the fuking contradiction???? Also "source of consciousness" at this point just open a fuckin book on neuro you m0ron

[@hkmorhsi]

people like you are like pollution in scientific discussion spaces

[@dkdurham2607]

@@hkmorhsi No Napy there is no contradiction. It's a question of correlation vs causation. I'm glad we agree the source of consciousness is an open book, and the brain being the creator of consciousness might not be a closed book. I could think of names to call you but you've already embarrassed yourself

[@1946122]

Another thing, why haven't any researchers consulted with those in the State legislatures or the Senate, or Congress on these thing so we can get rid of laws that cause discrimination, causing people to be locked up for a malfunction within the brain.

[@metanumia]

They have tried, with some minor successes. The legal system/criminal justice system is a massive collection of institutions and changing them takes decades and the right political environment (i.e. politicians and population open to scientific reasoning and evidence-based social change). It's an uphill battle.

[@vkrgfan]

russ ellis Excuse me? How about public safety? Murder is a murder , just because their brain is malfunctioning they are still a threat to a public.

[@meganbaute4254]

My Mother was recently diagnosed with frontaltemporal dementia. Does this mean that she will become more psychopathic with age?

[@hayimemaishtee]

she is going to have behaviour problems :/

[@souljacem]

I‘m sorry to hear that. Hope your mother‘s condition has improved or hasn‘t gotten worse. May God bless you

[@peterirvin7121]

Will her amygdala atrophy?

[@plnthn]

If evil is based on predisposition and predisposition is genetically caused, and the science of biology tells us that genetic is beyond ones control. It, therefore, means that the act of evil, or some evil, is beyond a person control. This is in conflict with our religious beliefs, as well as our justice system. It is as if it's telling us that they're not responsible for their act of violence. This is hard for me to swallow.

[@linus5229]

Are pyschopaths better at making logical decisions, since they don't rely on emotions to guide their actions?

[@Fightnight92]

I bet that’s true sometimes. Emotion can aid in decisions too, though, sometimes.

[@ellenl.r.p.obrien4661]

No, not necessarily. Many are very self involved. And this would get in the way of as you call it 'logical decision making.' Plus logical does not mean moral or ethical, or necessarily even being a good leader. Also, arguably, as we are often guided by our emotions, it's relatively impossible to be 'logical' in decision making. Each of us are guided by our emotions and internal moral compass to make decisions, whether we're consciously aware of it or not.

[@hkmorhsi]

You really can't think of a single example where your emotions are actually useful, and sometimes more than your "logic", your limbic system is also part of your brain. If your heartbeat, hunger, stress etc were consciously regulated, would you life be easier? Also you do realize that there is no one who isnt guided by their emotions, psychopaths have one or very few left and those are linked to their ego and need for superiority (killing, torturing, tormenting... if thats not emotionall LMFAO)

[@dianaverano7878]

No. Psychopaths are " emotional people" They are anger & revenge magnets. Anger to them is like air. can't live without anger & drama in a day. A day without a fight is boring to them. Psychopaths are impulsive, easily offended + no regard to rules combo. Once angry, they will identify the person as an enemy & fight regardless if its is a parent or a friend. Once they " finished" being angry they turn into " charming version" & says sorry (this is a manipulation) These people will not sleep until they get their revenge.

[@kokomanation]

Stupid and evil is probably the worst combination ever

[@headhonchotheone9041]

Facts

[@whoknowsnubby]

Idk at least ur evil and stupid ur more likely to get caught.

[@kokomanation]

@ You are right on that 100/100 I was talking in the case of an evil and stupid coworker in an engineering project for example who does many mistakes and always blames others

[@desimo147]

Put 10 people in a room and you can count on this. One of them will attempt to survive by taking advantage of the other 9. These people are all around you, although the vast majority of them you never come into contact with. If you do encounter one, however, there is only one course of action. Get them out of your life without hesitation and don't stop until they have moved on to seek easier prey.

[@reneeharold7335]

I don't think it's all self preservation with the limbic system. My cats use the limbic system, cats out in the wild fight to the death for their families more than other animal.

[@johnwoods7526]

Why do you type like your limbic system is damaged?

[@obi-wankenobi8462]

So we CAN spot evil narcs with a BRAIN SCAN! To Congress!!!!

[@nickilovesdogs8137]

Psychopaths take offense to this factual data. Thus they will deny it. Psychopath: "Let us petition for the poor psychopaths they should have the right to murder." Me: "No thank you."

[@Afura33]

Not every psychopath is a murderer or a criminal. It is not that easy.

[@seanmichaels8060]

Psychopaths take offense to everything. They're pathetically thin-skinned.

[@timg6176]

@@seanmichaels8060 you couldnt be more wrong with that statement..

[@jarrodyuki7081]

well i dont believe in the right to murder but definitely the right to steal.

[@Afura33]

@@satellitecannon9463 yep this is true, a lot of them occupy such positions but so do people with a narcissistic personality disorder best example is Donald Trump.

[@le_th_]

You know what's more concerning...this forensic psychiatrist LAUGHING about someone kidnapping a child that got separated from it's mother in a retail store @2:15. Good freakin' god, who finds that laughable???

[@kimgarber1]

can a healthy person who is forced, over a long period of time, to commit acts they know to be wrong suffer damage to this area of their brain? Would these sufferers then be considered "psychopaths".

[@martinmuller3244]

“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.” - Primo Levi Please do not mistake a monster for evil. A monster does not work right, Evil does. With love!

[@chiefbeef5590]

This is wrong most people are evil and this is not my opinion or something theory dive into human psychology please for your proof and maybe even quantum physics

[@mongoharry7765]

To the extent that evil results from brain dysfunction, moral outrage and punishment are inappropriate.

[@mongoharry7765]

Careful consideration needs to be given to the integration of these facts into our law.

[@mongoharry]

@Love the leaves I think both Einstein and Carl Jung lamented the fact that our tech is so far as ahead of our morality. I think it's possible that the reason is we choose our morality according to how it suits us, then develop reasons to justify our choice

[@mongoharry]

A friend of mine likes to say in that regard, "where we sit is where we stand"

[@hkmorhsi]

more or less, except if you mean that evil deeds should not be banned... Evil is objective and qualitative (could also be quantitative in some utopian future lmao). But I agree becasue its almost useless to teach a psychopath anything close to moral behavior (sometimes they just use it for better manipulative tactics anyway), but then what do we do with them? Round em up?? thats not very democratic LMFAO. And I am sure this chain of reasoning is being explored and thought of by some very smart people, and I don't think anyone wants answers on this.... Although I do but I'm weird

[@kimmyfreak200]

u totally took the words outta my mouth! i don't fully agree with the explanations given. what about the spirit heart and soul? there is another video that says the brain is not the most active magnetic part in the body... the heart gives off more magnetic energy. i should post the link here its very interesting. the brain may control alot of thought and decision-making, but the heart is more powerful... and positive energy affects the evnironment, as well as our overall well being

[@davidbenes6107]

So let me get this straight....The abnormal part is that the "breaks" aren't there or don't work, so the psychopath can't put the breaks on the impulse to kidnap kids...But having that impulse, that's normal?

[@bilalbabal-jahannam6754]

It's perfectly normal to have all kinds of impulses and thoughts. Thinking of killing someone is not the same as doing it, and suddenly having the impulse to strike or kidnap or in another way hurt a child is not the same as doing it either. As we are animals we will have all kinds of thoughts and impulses that will contradict our culture, that's the struggle and at the same time the benefit of living in a society, it inhibits in order to protect.

[@elizabethmelnychuk6034]

I love this! I am an RN who worked in hospital for ten years before I gonad my children. I was old school.

[@wailer27]

get to the kitchen, liz!

[@elizabethmelnychuk6034]

@@wailer27 I did get to the kitchen! I also grew a huge garden. I tended it and my sons helped me. I also canned all my produce that we didn’t eat every day. My sons still come for my canned food and love it. So does my husband. Best thing that ever happened to me was my home life of being a wife and a Mother.

[@wailer27]

@@elizabethmelnychuk6034 can't you at least pretend to be offended

[@elizabethmelnychuk6034]

@@wailer27 Why would I be offended?

[@wailer27]

@@elizabethmelnychuk6034 feigning ignorance to the offensive comment as a way of diluting it... that tactic won't wash with me, have another go...

[@upsty6499]

How does media affect the dorsal acc and how does social media affect these

[@gj3080]

but how? how do you know this , the communication between those parts

[@nokoolaid]

A lot of executives have this malady too. They tend to be factor 1 though versus factor 2 psychopaths.

[@jamesdoyle3885]

What about when messages are functioning correctly and yet people still go ahead and act out on these awful crimes. This then makes the person with the supposedly normal functioning brain a hell of a lot worse than say a psychopath who doesn't have the capacity to stop these thought processes. Also, how is group therapy going to help psychopathy if the brain is challenged against certain emotions.

[@metanumia]

Therapy of all kinds scientifically proven to help psychopathy/sociopathy influences and shapes brain structure and function because the human brain is physically malleable even into old age. Neuroplasticity and epigenetic changes to coding DNA result from cognitive behavioral therapy and placement into the right type of environment. However, this therapy is especially difficult when started later in life, but it can be used to help reduce problematic behavior patterns and thoughts. It just needs to be intensive and in some cases mandatory and enforced. Also, anyone who was raised in a healthy, peaceful, non-violent society and develops a neurotypical brain that allows for successful integration into society won't go and "act out on these awful crimes" as you postulated. When persistent childhood stress and traumatic experiences influence brain development and result in violent/anti-social behaviors, or when a child is born with abnormal frontal lobe to limbic system connectivity/functionality/regulation that isn't later corrected through treatment, the result is *not* a neurotypical brain, rather if that child goes on to carry out remorseless acts of violence/anti-social behaviors that cause significant harm to others, then that's a psychopath, and brain "messages" are not "functioning correctly". A neurotypical person, who developed successfully/normally in society enough to live a peaceful, productive life, can sometimes be exposed to sociocultural messaging and environments that shape their brain in such a way as to decouple their behavior-regulating, decision-making, executive neurons in the pre-frontal cortex from their limbic system (among other changes to complex neural pathways) in specific situations. For example, U.S. soldiers in Vietnam who carried out the Mai-Lai Massacre after successfully integrating into society and following rules prior to the incident, or the Stanford Prison experiment guards, or German SS and Wehrmacht soldiers who didn't try to stop the genocide of innocent civilians. These are examples of situational sociopathy, and it can happen to otherwise "normal", socially-integrated, adults if they go down a certain path of events and social changes. In basic terms, psychopaths start off with unhealthy brain functionality, and sociopaths are "made" from typical individuals in certain social situations (like being part of the military in Nazi Germany).

[@hkmorhsi]

@@metanumia no it's not just a story of neuroplasticity, because it's not just a cortical/pattern/cognitive thing, the amygdala and the limbic system is subconscious, and its what creates your behavior in the first place. you can't use neuroplasticity to change someone who haves almost no amygdala activity. Cognitive therapy is just that, cognitive, its about making people consciously limit their behavior, which is of course not successful in most, because behavior isnt cognitive....

[@hkmorhsi]

psychopaths don't have the message, its very clear. There is no instance where the message from amygdala and other limbic structures are not gonna have their effect. Its where behavior comes from

[@iloveyouhammie]

Yeah but that's pretty much every youtube video on neurology :/ No detail...shame i really want to learn.

[@t.ra-larchangelofthugnezz9010]

How does this work in other animals then? This anterior cingulate cortex which acts as a jury. Do they also have consequence thinking like; 'hmm i better not do this'

[@metanumia]

Some animals do.

[@yusufkurdi3582]

Thank you so much for this ❤💚👍👍👍👍👍

[@1946122]

We know the parts of the human brain and its chemistry with the electrical input that causes our behavior, yet it does not match the other animal behaviors, like deer testosterone levels causing aggression. so we are still at the model T stage with neuro-biology. We must compare the brain chemistry of other animals if we wish to find cures that are possible, if we open our minds and do real research, without outside contamination from special interest groups.

[@hkmorhsi]

Where does it not matches behavior? did you get it straight out of your a**ss??? the only people that are at "model T stage with neuro-biology" is people like you.

[@KeyboardKramer]

A child being kidnapped. Apparently a thought worth a chuckle.

[@Fightnight92]

Maybe his amygdala wasn’t working properly.

[@dreamaboutsuccess]

He must have laughed in anguish. I don't know if it ever happened to you but once I heard something so terrible I started laughing and couldn't stop. I think it was the only way I could release the stress in that situation. Ofc I apologized and told the person that my stupid reaction was unintentional and I felt the opposite way about it.

[@Lovely_girl368]

Avoidance , loneliness , family disputes , harassment from domestic & society creates a person evil ..

[@jamespaternoster7354]

Among other factors I’d agree! Your right it’s broad term is determinism in addition Cultural Law for example is an entirely human construct that changes and evolves and now is the time for neuroscience to be incorporated into the legal system at all levels to modernise and take account for the evidence of science of behaviour and deterministic neurobiological factors! People who are a stronger risk to society if it’s one of violence or something may still need to be contained away from others but in the lense of being effectively broken and damaged at a neurological and

[@jamespaternoster7354]

Biological level to finish 👌

[@scottcupp8129]

Very interesting. The brain is the foundation of who we are. Well it is us. When something is working right, our world goes in to a downward spiral. Crazy stuff.

[@sarac4773]

Stupid question: what if the amygdala doesn't work properly but the prefrontal cortex does?

[@toolame2blame391]

Then you probably understand rick and morty

[@hkmorhsi]

psychopathy starts

[@imasciencegeek]

it was a general overview

[@XFTFX]

Subs be like "... Somebody, who does *violin* "

[@ashramdhan1582]

What about ADHD shed some light on that? Basically you saying most ADHD individuals might do such acts because the pre frontal cortex hasn't fully matured In individual with ADHD the frontal lobe appear to be smaller than a regular matured brain.

[@catherinebirch2399]

It's shocking how many people I've known whose brains clearly weren't functioning properly.

[@sabyasachisen5351]

DOES THE BASAL GANGLIA HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY PLEASE DOCTOR?

[@chrisboyd7534]

WHY ARE YOU YELLING

[@kelp3442]

So the person needs to at least be afraid of punishment. ..

[@halo091]

How does the old world morality concept that is "evil" even exist in the philosophy itself? is nature good and evil?

[@marciatex]

Good is good and evil is evil. Like nature is nature and nurture is nurture..

[@tobykunta6557]

To be particular the right OFC lesions produce psycopathic behaviors.

[@Lovely_girl368]

By birth no human being becomes evil

[@krimozaki9494]

so that is the difference between ACC and the orbitofrontal cortex ? their fuction looks the same

[@MrWorld-hc5rs]

Evil is completely subjective, what basis do you use to distinguish between good and evil.

[@N3rD44LiFe]

Things that benefit society are good and things that damage/harm society are evil. This is the basic concept. Example; Someone who gives charity is good and someone who steals is evil. The robber takes value from society for his own personal gain and the charity giver allows himself to lose things to improve the situation of those around him.

[@metatron4890]

Please use the principle of charity. He is describing cruel people.

[@markcooperartcomofficial]

So you don't know right from wrong? Then you're not human. You're a dumb animal.

mindrapeart ...but humans ARE animals though. And whose to say that other animals can't tell the difference between right and wrong?

[@conde6077]

Thinking of morality only in the context of how things affect society is not enough. For example, if I could demonstrate to you scientifically that it would benefit our society to completely eliminate a certain minority group, that still wouldn't make a genocide against said minority any less evil.

[@GoaedFkurssiss]

Need to stop isolating myself just can't stop dreading the hollow dark side Sun is not a friend of mine how much I once loved greeting the you knowing I was ALRIGHT SURE I'M GOOD FTW .Embrace what comes or if it feels like love cruelty andthe beast praise the hollow dark side of the moon and the Sun might ...Again

[@klattalexis]

But still, everybody does know right from wrong & can choose to act on their dark desires or not. We choose our behaviours unless we are a vegetable.

[@chrisboyd7534]

wow you are smart. are you a brain surgeon or neurologist?

[@hkmorhsi]

you haven't seen a psychopath ever to say that

[@hkmorhsi]

Also if you can choose your behavior, go ahead and stop talking to people, just never speak to a human ever. You can't? I wonder why, maybe because behavior is not cognitive and you can't just control it lmao

[@jarrodyuki7081]

im happy to tell everyone that i intend to remain evil for the rest of my life. i hate the other humans of this world.

[@paulhosey1696]

I love Michael Stone

[@MSeriesdotco]

God has said in the Quran about one of the evil unbelievers who forbade the Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, from praying at the Kaaba: “No! If he does not stop, We will take him by the naseyah (front of the head), a lying, sinful naseyah (front of the head)!” (Quran 96:15-16) Why did the Quran describe the front of the head as being lying and sinful? Why didn’t the Quran say that the person was lying and sinful? What is the relationship between the front of the head and lying and sinfulness?

[@poofydoofyvideos]

Your right that is amazing

[@StaircaseBloom]

Oh, look at me! I want to hate Islam too! Look at me! Look at me! Am I cool yet?

[@faizmohammed9108]

Hmmm .. Analyze it .. Its revealed 1400 Years ago and still proves most of the scientific recently brought forth... Find out your purpose in life .. Sit back and think if it is possible for this earth / cosmos / everthing that exist.. You people believe in Big Band what is that single blast that happened.. How did it blast... Whos controllong...Even big bang theory is explained in the Holy Quran..

[@faizmohammed9108]

 Scientific theory *

[@poofydoofyvideos]

The Big bang is not explained in the Quran. Saying "god did it" or "Allah did it" does not explain anything

[@Silvannetwork]

Pretty naïve to equate the law with morality.

[@OdysseyHome-Gaming]

Mmmmm... Cheese sandwiches. 🤤

[@terencesommer6307]

Very so, so video on psychopathy.

[@John_Doe....]

..ehh, what the hack, i can get away with it and i'll be rich forever... :D lol

[@escapingloserville7573]

How does the Amygdala develop in blind people?