Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber) | Mental Health & Personality | MMPI Results

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  • This video answers the questions: Can I analyze the Ted Kaczynski case (aka the Unabomber)? What are the mental health and personality factors at work in this case? What do the results of his MMPI indicate?
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    Link to Dr. Grande’s MMPI-2 video: • Is the MMPI Unbeatable...
    Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2019). Uses and misuses of Ted Kaczynski’s MMPI. Journal of Personality Assessment, 101(2), 117-122. doi:10.1080/00223891.2018.1468337
    Butcher, J. N., Hass, G. A., Greene, R. L., Nelson, L. D., Nichols, D. S., & Williams, C. L. (2018). Using the MMPI-2 in Forensic Assessment: Response to Criticism About a Case Study. Journal of Personality Assessment, 1-6. doi:10.1080/00223891.2018.1493488
    Glaberson, W. (2004, October 18). The Death Penalty as a Personal Thing. New York Times, 154(53006), B1.
    WARDLE, C. (2003). The “Unabomber” vs. the “Nail Bomber”: a cross-cultural comparison of newspaper coverage of two murder trials. Journalism Studies, 4(2), 239. doi: 10.1080/1461670032000074829
    Moen, O. M. (2019). The Unabomber’s ethics. Bioethics, 33(2), 223-229. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12494
    www.fbi.gov/history/famous-ca...
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  • @ButterBallTheOpossum
    @ButterBallTheOpossum Před 3 lety +2260

    I wrote Ted Kaczynski a letter and he actually sent one back to me. He asked me to plant a tree for him in the forrest.

    • @carolynrisen6212
      @carolynrisen6212 Před 3 lety +190

      Just curious -- what else did he say? I wrote to him also (long long ago) but didn't hear back. I found his manuscript fascinating and felt a bit sorry for him, never being able to establish a relationship and also because of the bullying and psychological experimentation on him. Wonder if he might have developed more normally without those two experiences...and whether that put him over the edge?!

    • @Win_R6
      @Win_R6 Před 3 lety +289

      @@carolynrisen6212 I know he’s in prison and he was when you wrote him, but I still don’t think I’d be comfortable receiving mail back from someone who made history by mailing bombs to ppl 😂. Not that I’m worried it’ll be a bomb, but it’s just make me uncomfortable.

    • @carolynrisen6212
      @carolynrisen6212 Před 3 lety +90

      @@Win_R6 Yeah, I know, Secret Uzi...I've thought about that since then. But what could possibly go wrong when he's under lock and key? Such an intelligent person...a shame how he went completely awry!

    • @Win_R6
      @Win_R6 Před 3 lety +8

      @@percival5568 thats me!

    • @scumbagbabie
      @scumbagbabie Před 3 lety +81

      my dad is good friends with him! he even published his book

  • @patrickcameron2950
    @patrickcameron2950 Před 4 lety +789

    Kaczynski said that the turning point for him was when he went on a hike to his favourite nature spot and found that developers had built a road through it.

    • @ChrisKHensley
      @ChrisKHensley Před 3 lety +27

      HOLY $%#%.
      SWIM, was 14 years old and had a clubhouse in the woods, in a large tree 20 feet up. He saw that they were turning it into a construction area. He burned the tractor in the woods, at midnight while the workers were off.
      So, SWIM, has something in common with the UNA.

    • @perfidiousalbion9975
      @perfidiousalbion9975 Před 2 lety +17

      @@ChrisKHensley "Someone Who Is Me - SWIM"

    • @ChrisKHensley
      @ChrisKHensley Před 2 lety +15

      @@perfidiousalbion9975 "Some White Igloo Man."

    • @cornelims7441
      @cornelims7441 Před 2 lety +8

      @@jenniferrock1585 it is the answer , they will never stop doing that

    • @mikeandrews1899
      @mikeandrews1899 Před 2 lety +4

      It was revenge , driven by being bitch slapped in college by his professors and classmates 🤔

  • @Ryan-co9xc
    @Ryan-co9xc Před 3 lety +584

    Saw a meme that had his face on it and the caption said, "Yeah I'm mail voting"

  • @Hsandov8175
    @Hsandov8175 Před 2 lety +116

    His manifesto is so accurate, it’s scary. There is nothing delusional about his description of modern man and his forced conditioning to a standard of life that all too often result in depression and frustration.

    • @davidochieng9296
      @davidochieng9296 Před rokem +7

      Kaczynski has written two books from prison, they're excellent: Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution

    • @davidochieng9296
      @davidochieng9296 Před rokem +2

      "You should read Ted Kaczynski's two books, Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution!

    • @thetruthstrangerthanfictio954
      @thetruthstrangerthanfictio954 Před rokem +2

      He raised some good points but my thinking goes like this. The environmental and humanitarian and problems caused by technology are much older than the industrial revolution and go all the way back to agriculture. That means we would need to be hunter gatherers, not Amish, in order to escape it, but who wants to be a hunter gatherer? Today's hunter gatherers have no art or science.

    • @configsec4834
      @configsec4834 Před 11 měsíci +4

      "If you think the government overregulates you now, just wait until the government starts regulating the genetic content of your children." - manifesto

    • @ParasiteHater
      @ParasiteHater Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@thetruthstrangerthanfictio954 if you were a hunter gatherer you wouldn't mind being one

  • @hoopyy782
    @hoopyy782 Před 4 lety +1564

    This channel is one of the rare cases where the comment section actually generates interesting dialog instead of the usual cesspool.

    • @Kirkwoodclay
      @Kirkwoodclay Před 4 lety +16

      Hoopyy I came busting in her to bring the rif raf but then I read ur comment and decided to try and pull it together

    • @damonthomas8955
      @damonthomas8955 Před 4 lety +17

      You need to seek out a better class of channels, my favorites usually have lively and informative comment sections, but then again, I watch very few cat videos.

    • @mariebernier3076
      @mariebernier3076 Před 4 lety +15

      @@damonthomas8955 Please, share some of the channels that have substantive comment sections! Trolls are everywhere, but not going to let that stop me from seeking.

    • @damonthomas8955
      @damonthomas8955 Před 4 lety +14

      @@mariebernier3076 just off the top of my head, quantum of conscience, pockets of the future, last American vagabond, sage of quay, the history guy, lindy beige, black pilled, black pigeon speaks, vinny Eastwood. There are many others, but much of it depends on your areas of interest. Finding channels important to me has taken years, it's like wandering through a physical library in the old days, there are few shortcuts.

    • @damonthomas8955
      @damonthomas8955 Před 4 lety +6

      @@mariebernier3076 Corbett report

  • @DrLC.
    @DrLC. Před 4 lety +1599

    I’ve been waiting for this Ted talk.

  • @Fuerwahrhalunke
    @Fuerwahrhalunke Před 3 lety +243

    I wonder why people skip his whole manifest, which, in essence, from my point of view, is pretty on point. Diagnosing him with modern terminology destroys his work. It played a huge part in his life and thus should be mentioned. He poured his ideas and visions into it and shouldn't be overlooked. He was a genius when it comes to analysing society.

    • @JavierPwns
      @JavierPwns Před 2 lety +67

      Because people don’t want to face the reality that 1. He wasn’t crazy. 2. He was right about what he wrote.

    • @trevorrol7930
      @trevorrol7930 Před 2 lety +3

      It is probably to complicated for most people. It is also wrong. (There is a genius born everyday and they all live on CZcams.)

    • @jasonrose1758
      @jasonrose1758 Před 2 lety +16

      @@trevorrol7930 too complicated for you it seems

    • @trevorrol7930
      @trevorrol7930 Před 2 lety +5

      @@jasonrose1758 Yes, terrorism is too complicated for me. I don't have autism either. (There is a genius born everyday and they all live on CZcams.)

    • @sepi846
      @sepi846 Před rokem +13

      @@trevorrol7930 But local handpicked and statewide terrorism is perfectly within you 1cell remit lol.

  • @everythingmatters6308
    @everythingmatters6308 Před 3 lety +303

    I've read his manifesto and he makes an excellent case for how modern technology is controlling all of us. The technology portion of his manifesto didn't seem crazy at all. Rather it explained the craziness of modern industrial civilization and where it is inevitably leading to.

    • @ChristopherGray00
      @ChristopherGray00 Před rokem

      You're right, we should just go back to the stone ages where people die at 40, and have no treatments for disorder or disease, women should also be considered a lower tier like they were in the olden days, and people should be allowed to kill whoever they want.
      Sounds like a great world, totally, the modern era is "crazy".

    • @Kelis98
      @Kelis98 Před rokem +18

      Technology isn’t good or bad, it’s a tool
      The problem is capitalism and how our society is organized

    • @MrAwrsomeness
      @MrAwrsomeness Před rokem +37

      @@Kelis98 You obviously didn't read his book did you.

    • @gavine2363
      @gavine2363 Před rokem +18

      It’s sad this bit was misinterpreted as a delusion. It kinda hurt when Grande said technology controlling people would count as a delusion

    • @SpencerLemay
      @SpencerLemay Před rokem

      @@Kelis98 Capitalism is the right to have things. If you aren't a capitalist you are asking someone else to control your life, or worse think you know what is best for others. If you are against people being able to trade and go about commerce on their own terms then you are a just another authoritarian despot. Stupid commies.

  • @patrickfleming253
    @patrickfleming253 Před 4 lety +1273

    I can’t help but think that Ted is being mischaracterised when it’s said that he believed he was being controlled by technology. I think his point regarding that was addressing wider society and people as a whole. It’s a philosophical perspective which has a substantial degree of sense and merit to it. This very point has been argued by serious philosophers for quite some time now. Jacque ellul covers this in his work “the technological society”. Human beings become dependent on technology when the smooth running of society becomes entirely contingent on technology and the smooth administration of technique. The end point of all this is the quantitative state of technocracy

  • @thesisypheanjournal1271
    @thesisypheanjournal1271 Před 4 lety +440

    Kaczynski is one of the few criminals that I really feel was pretty much made, not a product of his own bad choices. That poor bastard was almost deliberately turned into a pathological loner and loose cannon by self-proclaimed "experts" -- the people who totally isolated him from his mother as an infant and the rat bastards who designed that "study" and then put a CHILD through it. It was a cruel enough experience for a young adult. College student or not, he was a mere adolescent at the time. The people who did that to him should be in jail.
    Abusive parents, while inflicting damage, are typically mentally ill themselves. But for a bunch of highly-educated people to subject a child to what they did to Ted Kaczynski is flat out criminal. They have absolutely no excuse whatsoever.

    • @merricat3025
      @merricat3025 Před 4 lety +42

      And didn't they lie to him during that study about his mom and wanted to isolate him from his family? I felt bad for Ted and his brother.

    • @dewilew2137
      @dewilew2137 Před 4 lety +7

      Cemetery of Choice Iatrogenic Criminality?

    • @thesisypheanjournal1271
      @thesisypheanjournal1271 Před 4 lety +6

      @@dewilew2137 That's a good term for it.

    • @SlyNine
      @SlyNine Před 4 lety +22

      I think you'll find most people have something either neurologicaly or chemically wrong or fked up in their childhood.

    • @angelfirenze
      @angelfirenze Před 4 lety +4

      THIS. All of it.

  • @krakenmetzger
    @krakenmetzger Před 4 lety +57

    I'm familiar with his mathematical work. 160-170 is very plausible

  • @janpierzchala2004
    @janpierzchala2004 Před 3 lety +365

    His high IQ could fluctuate from sky high 160 when his brain was in its prime, solving math problems every day, through lazy times in the forest, to depressive surroundings of jail. Going to Harvard at the age 16 certainly indicates an IQ of 160.

    • @anthonyconde7604
      @anthonyconde7604 Před 3 lety +19

      I'm skeptical that it could drop by over two standard deviations. I saw a study where the average reported IQ by its participants was 138, lol. Obviously, people have a tendency to exaggerate their score in that measure.

    • @larryhurley4993
      @larryhurley4993 Před 3 lety +11

      @@anthonyconde7604 he smarter than you and me had a terrible time with people would of been some one if they check his mental condition.fine line between genius and insane

    • @alejandrorosales2863
      @alejandrorosales2863 Před 3 lety +15

      I believe I read tht IQ doesn’t fluctuate much, especially another deviation. The aptitude to solve math problems was in him then and probably after his PhD.

    • @derstoffausdemderjoghurtis4346
      @derstoffausdemderjoghurtis4346 Před 3 lety +29

      "Lazy times in the forest"

    • @evanb4189
      @evanb4189 Před 3 lety +12

      IQ scores have gone up during the last 100 years (Flynn effect). Getting a 160 in the 1940s is like a 115 today.

  • @poli-rev4905
    @poli-rev4905 Před 4 lety +330

    If you read his manifesto.. you'd know this guy was pretty on-point lol.

    • @jensenlopez2944
      @jensenlopez2944 Před 2 lety +47

      Yup. It's something hard to read though, and accept as truth. I feel as if that's why people cower away and alienate anyone who might hold beliefs like this. If it weren't for the bombings, maybe people would look into it more. But, if he had never done the bombings, people would've probably never batted an eye at his manifesto.

    • @lunarvision
      @lunarvision Před 2 lety +7

      Yep. He forewarned about the evils of corporations, mass media, corrupt groups like antifa/blm, government overreach & environmental destruction.

    • @sarahok6589
      @sarahok6589 Před 2 lety +7

      @@targetedindividualsresearch true, wouldn't want to harm anyone, tho his manifesto wouldn't have gotten much attn otherwise

    • @diannabutler2674
      @diannabutler2674 Před 2 lety +3

      I thought so too. Except for the killing part .

    • @MavenFade
      @MavenFade Před 2 lety

      @Archive of Sv3rige @FBI over here, we found one

  • @jmchez
    @jmchez Před 4 lety +255

    "Some academics have high intelligence but no common sense."
    We see that every single day in the news.

    • @david52875
      @david52875 Před 4 lety

      No and yes.

    • @reswobiandreaming3644
      @reswobiandreaming3644 Před 3 lety +18

      But are the ones on the news genuine academics. Just because a person has a degree doesn't mean they are an intellectual.

    • @dingfeldersmurfalot4560
      @dingfeldersmurfalot4560 Před 3 lety +8

      @@reswobiandreaming3644 This is an important point we are losing more and more sight of in this "age of experts." Even if a person is quite bright and has done work both good and original, doesn't mean their every idea is completely true, much less so for the rest of that person's life. One can even be pretty smart and pretty stupid at the same time.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver Před 3 lety

      Common sense is what animals have.

    • @dodfallin
      @dodfallin Před 2 lety +1

      Ive noticed dumb people have no cents ($) .

  • @KellyKeres
    @KellyKeres Před 3 lety +36

    I believe Ted was telling the truth when he said he would stop the bombing.
    He stated that if his essay was published, that the bombings would cease. I believe that the reason that particular bomb was made was just in case his demands were ignored.

    • @mattmolewski7475
      @mattmolewski7475 Před 2 lety +2

      "If you can't trust Ted Kaczynski, who can you trust?"

    • @brianpinion5844
      @brianpinion5844 Před rokem

      no matter what state of mind he wasn't a liar .they believed it to ! there not gonna look like losers over human life ! just my opinion! i had to say opinion before someone else did , gotta change my last name , lol

  • @Nashmi379
    @Nashmi379 Před 4 lety +168

    I was hoping you would talk about the affect of Murray experiment on him. I believe it had huge impact on his behavior.

    • @Shadow77999
      @Shadow77999 Před 2 lety +4

      It did not at all

    • @lachyt5247
      @lachyt5247 Před 2 lety +75

      @@Shadow77999 Wow thanks for that unequivocal answer. Here I was thinking 3 years of subjection to unethical enhanced interrogation techniques might have an effect on someone, apparently not.

    • @ramsaybolton9151
      @ramsaybolton9151 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Shadow77999 lmao let me gaslight you for 3 years and see what it does to you.

    • @kosztaz87
      @kosztaz87 Před 2 lety +20

      @@Shadow77999 You made a simpleminded comment, it has been pointed out to you multiple times, yet you can't be bothered to come back and elaborate. This is the sort of comment (along with the bot made spams) that I call the cancer of CZcams. Adds nothing to the discussion, yet takes up space and wastes everyone's time.

    • @TinyNerdlette
      @TinyNerdlette Před 2 lety +12

      @@Shadow77999 tell us you have no compassion or understanding of the longer effects of torture without telling us you're heartless. Dayumn 😳

  • @patrickfleming253
    @patrickfleming253 Před 4 lety +220

    “Industrial society and it’s future” Is a good precursor read to the works of Jacque Ellul who wrote “the technological society”. A book that is well worth reading

  • @mr.vargas5648
    @mr.vargas5648 Před 4 lety +345

    So his motives were "leave me the hell alone!" I can relate to that.

    • @jeanettewaverly2590
      @jeanettewaverly2590 Před 4 lety +30

      andy pete I can too, but I don’t go around blowing up people to emphasize my point.

    • @atomicsonic8610
      @atomicsonic8610 Před 4 lety +9

      @@jeanettewaverly2590 & Andy Pete ... there's a lot about Ted's story that's tragic--for everyone even observing, like us! The Doc here was being as grounded in "facts" (documentation by entities considered in authority) as much as possible. Something happened to this little genius boy that NEVER should've happened!--that's what we could really use to learn about!

    • @jeanettewaverly2590
      @jeanettewaverly2590 Před 4 lety +3

      Atomic Sonic Amen to that.

    • @Adara007
      @Adara007 Před 4 lety +16

      @@atomicsonic8610 A few things happened to Ted Kaczynski, from feeling alone when he needed his mother - due to hospitalisation as an infant, apparently - to allegedly being subjected to verbal abuse from either one or both his parents (likely his father from what I have read to date), being too gifted to remain in the same class as his peers (age-wise) and so being put up about 3 grades which he hated, something he referred to as horrific and which made him subject to bullying by the older kids. Then he went to University at 16 and unfortunately he was subjected to a series of intense experiments designed to see how well he (and other students selected) could be broken down by someone they trusted who was in a position of authority, a test designed to aid the CIA but which damaged Ted permanently, leaving him understandably paranoid, cynical and angry at others plus feeling unheard and understood.

    • @mollytovxx4181
      @mollytovxx4181 Před 4 lety +17

      If only he left every one else the hell alone.

  • @whatsthebigfndeal
    @whatsthebigfndeal Před 4 lety +512

    They took a high level genius and melted his brain with MKultra experiments. What, exactly, did they expect to happen?

    • @linasayshush
      @linasayshush Před 3 lety +131

      Imagine if MKUltra hadn't melted his brain we might've had a badass trans woman in the Mathematics department in Berkeley

    • @nervesinapattern7261
      @nervesinapattern7261 Před 3 lety +57

      @Seven Inches of Throbbing Pink Jesus The Unwashed, low iq masses and its consequences have been a disaster for the intellectually gifted.

    • @illyrian9976
      @illyrian9976 Před 3 lety +88

      Ted himself has said multiple times that the "experiments" had little effect, since it was mostly just a survey where they asked some uncomftable questions at most. The srudents at harvard where not experimented on or had to take any substance, all this allegation does is lazily try to distract from Teds message, which to this day no one can disprove. Its especialy funny when these retards then talk about "muh progress" he could have made (which is literaly the thing Ted tells us is wrong with the world).

    • @musFuzZ
      @musFuzZ Před 3 lety +11

      Does anyone have any SOURCES to indicate or determine 1: he was a part of the actual MKultra program 2. If he was dosed with LSD?

    • @carmenq7339
      @carmenq7339 Před 3 lety +2

      @@nervesinapattern7261 wow must be tough

  • @aviation11000
    @aviation11000 Před 3 lety +55

    The 167 score is definitely more accurate. I've known a bunch of people who prolly have scores in the 130 to low 140 range. Not one of them was granted a scholarship to Harvard at 15.

    • @crabb9966
      @crabb9966 Před 2 lety +9

      You overestimate the significance of the IQ test. Its premise is that pattern recognition links to intelligence and obviously the correlation is not 1 to 1, and the way they test pattern recognition is not 1 to 1 with actual pattern recognition. It has also been shown to fluctuate a lot and education is an importnant factor, so someone who does more math on a daily basis is obviously going to have a higher IQ. Getting into Harvard means studying and training your IQ test ability. I gotta say that I believe that Kazinsky's intelligence is extremely high though

    • @Gar96229
      @Gar96229 Před 2 lety +1

      @@crabb9966 Marilyn Von Savant has an estimated IQ between 186 and 228.
      She was interviewed on David Letterman as a result, and if you watch the interview, she explains why actual IQ scores are worthless.

    • @aviation11000
      @aviation11000 Před rokem

      @CRAbb even if you look at it without numbers. How many people have the ability to get a scholarship to Harvard at 15? Probably less than one-tenth of 1%. Get a math pHD? Less than 1%. Get a math professorship at a prestigious school before 25? Less than one-hundreth of 1%. The guy was profoundly gifted with an intellect that pretty much 100% men could only dream of. And he threw it all away.

  • @GavinsMarineMom
    @GavinsMarineMom Před 4 lety +222

    "If ya can't trust a guy who sends explosives all around the country, who can ya trust?" I'm dyin'!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ITILII
      @ITILII Před 4 lety +14

      No, it's far better to put your trust in the "authorities" who send millions of tons, all over the world, at the expense of your taxes, freedoms, and life....Ted Kaczynski is a man order of magnitude more brilliant than those academicians, psychotic-therapists...and far far above the "intelligence" agents and government "officials". I far more support Kaczynski than those that are rioting, looting and murdering, the exact OPPOSITE of what Dr. King's words, and deeds....yet they so much deserve our sympathy and support.....way too many snowflakes around these days.

    • @saeedm6671
      @saeedm6671 Před 4 lety +2

      We always give terrorists the benefit of the doubt, but Ted let all of us down.

    • @idontcare8405
      @idontcare8405 Před 3 lety +3

      No we should trust the Jeffery Epstein’s that run this world.

    • @davidochieng9296
      @davidochieng9296 Před rokem

      Kaczynski has written two books from prison, they're excellent: Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution

  • @crazycat5958
    @crazycat5958 Před 4 lety +161

    It was David’s wife that recognized that the writing seemed like Ted’s. David, naturally, struggled to believe that it was his brother at first.

    • @jessm2560
      @jessm2560 Před 4 lety +2

      Yuuup

    • @mikefur3957
      @mikefur3957 Před 4 lety +10

      That's how I remember it.

    • @JohnSmith-ds7oi
      @JohnSmith-ds7oi Před 3 lety +11

      No it wasn't. She didn't even read it. She just hated Ted.

    • @Don.tKillTheMessanger
      @Don.tKillTheMessanger Před 3 lety +6

      That is correct according to my research. It wasn't the writing itself, it was the content that convinced her.

    • @annewandering
      @annewandering Před 2 lety +1

      Think about it. He was starting to be more open about what he thought and threatened to reveal all. Who would have suffered for that? Who used to be pretty radical politically but now was in a nice successful job and had recently married a woman he did not want to reveal his radical past to.

  • @lisaschuster9187
    @lisaschuster9187 Před 2 lety +24

    Oddly enough, everyone seems to be able to understand the fury and frustration he clearly felt. Unlike a war criminal, he is clearly “one of us,” and it’s regrettable that he was tortured by psychological experiments, upon which I lay all responsibility.

    • @AntimatterBeam8954
      @AntimatterBeam8954 Před 11 měsíci +1

      It is quite often the case that mental health professionals don't want to imply that psychological experiments can torture people. I am not saying this is necessarily the case, but I have noticed the frequent dimissiveness of the mental health profession to the existence of severe trauma from psychiatric confinement and seclusion. And they punish those that leave mental health services and they criticise those that make websites and campaigns against punitive psychiatry, except they don't look to more severe cases where people are chained etc, and extrapolate to what punitive psychiatry in a place like the US or UK might do. I went on a tangent there.

  • @JennRighter
    @JennRighter Před 4 lety +101

    I have an unhealthy appreciation for his manifesto. Obviously it cannot be separated from who wrote it. But if it could be, I believe MANY would appreciate it.

    • @leonasolomovska1806
      @leonasolomovska1806 Před 3 lety +6

      You need act it not just appreciate it.

    • @Tehz1359
      @Tehz1359 Před 3 lety +12

      Exactly. The main reason people have such a reaction to these ideas is because Ted wrote it. If this was from an anonymous author, more people would give it a chance and see that it makes a lot of sense. While I don't think industrialization and technology are the only cause of societal decline, but I definitely think it plays it's part in it.

    • @IAmTehAg
      @IAmTehAg Před 3 lety +6

      @@Tehz1359 You might be right, but I don't think Ted would agree lol. Halfway through, he actually makes the comment that nobody would care about his writing if it were not delivered with violence. I'm not sure if that's a reference to him, but he clearly says that in his manifesto.
      That was actually one of the more concerning undertones of his writing: He saw violence as the most primitive (but most direct) way to exercise freedom.
      The upsetting part is that he was apparently 100% correct lol

    • @user-eg6xu7cr8e
      @user-eg6xu7cr8e Před 2 lety +4

      Whatever, Marxist in the past killed milions of people, but Marxism is still lectured in academia nowadays and people appreciating it don't have such moral doubts.

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Před rokem +1

      @@Tehz1359 you're wrong. Nothing he said is original. And what do you mean "give it a chance"?? As if we're all one brain doing the same things.

  • @aliciaohara8794
    @aliciaohara8794 Před 4 lety +415

    Kaczynski was brilliant. It's too bad he didn't stick to just writing. He could have conveyed his message without violence.

    • @reelgangstazskip
      @reelgangstazskip Před 4 lety +117

      If Kaczynski had published his manifesto without committing acts of violence, virtually no one would have read it. Even after gaining infamy through his crimes, there's still a small minority of people who have read his manifesto. Of the people who've read it, I suspect none are in a position to act on it; Kaczynski was also diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, so there's no telling how genuine his opinions were, either. His writings could merely reflect his delusions caused by psychosis.

    • @desnicar
      @desnicar Před 3 lety +55

      It's too bad he was caught.

    • @CC-mr5xq
      @CC-mr5xq Před 3 lety +47

      I wonder what he's been thinking in prison all these years watching technology's effect on society. Probably "I WAS RIGHT."

    • @skyofthelivingdead
      @skyofthelivingdead Před 3 lety +17

      It’s a pretty tragic case, if you really think about it. It sounds like he actively sought help multiple times but incompetent professionals did nothing to attempt/weren’t able to really help him, and in turn his mental issues essentially ended up destroying him.

    • @gusgrizzel8397
      @gusgrizzel8397 Před 3 lety +11

      @@reelgangstazskip I disagree. Because most people think he was crazy and won't even read it. Had he not done the bombings, he could have actually used technology to convey his message.

  • @rockinasock
    @rockinasock Před 4 lety +317

    Modern technology is controlling us!,,, Ted was right about EVERYTHING

    • @joeminella5315
      @joeminella5315 Před 4 lety +25

      Meet you at the hardware store...

    • @user89076
      @user89076 Před 4 lety +13

      Most people can agree with this statement, at least to an extent, yet would probably vilify Ted if this were to happen today.

    • @damonthomas8955
      @damonthomas8955 Před 4 lety +26

      Ted was dead wrong about the solution, killing and maiming a few random people is obviously not going to make the world a better place.

    • @kvdrr
      @kvdrr Před 4 lety +46

      @@damonthomas8955 it wasn't meant as a solution, it was meant to bring attention to his ideology.

    • @tony6795
      @tony6795 Před 4 lety +7

      @@kvdrr Oh, thank goodness then...

  • @TomboyCEO
    @TomboyCEO Před rokem +96

    Ted is an actual genius, it’s so sad this amazing intellect has gone to waste.

    • @rucianapollard4057
      @rucianapollard4057 Před rokem

      Yes, if he had used his genius mind for the benefit of mankind instead of fear and violence, he may have come up with a cure for cancer or AIDS. Too bad.

    • @enjoixander
      @enjoixander Před rokem +7

      I think there's a lot more the man could have contributed to educating the masses and maybe ultimately shaping society, but the fact I can listen to his manifesto on CZcams and we are familiar with him is extraordinary and not even close to a waste.

    • @user-ji8ll1qn6o
      @user-ji8ll1qn6o Před rokem +3

      The mk ultra brianwashing def traumatized him

    • @sixesfullofnines
      @sixesfullofnines Před rokem +6

      It has not, millions of zoomers are now awake to the technocratic nightmare planned for humanity.

    • @sixesfullofnines
      @sixesfullofnines Před rokem

      @A named Dwarf Between two ages; America's role in the technetronic era - Zbigniew Brzezinski

  • @bekacynthia
    @bekacynthia Před 2 lety +11

    I don't know if you mentioned it, but when he was a baby he was at a hospital for quite some time due to an allergy and he was away from any human contact. His mother said that when he returned home, he was a different baby: wouldn't cry, seek her affection and seemed to be oblivious to her presence.

    • @user-ji8ll1qn6o
      @user-ji8ll1qn6o Před rokem

      Poor kid

    • @MargieM10
      @MargieM10 Před rokem

      I think it is because he's mildly autistic. Everything, especially his IQ, first the bill.

    • @zubetp
      @zubetp Před rokem +3

      we've learned a lot about what children need to thrive since then.
      nowadays babies in the nicu are constantly stimulated and comforted both by medical staff and by their families. i know this because at my job i process high dollar medical bills. when we get medical records for nicu stays, we sometimes get the nurse's logs. so every time a nurse would visit a patient they note exactly what was done.
      which means several pages for each day of service containing notes that the patient's vitals were collected and the patient received "low light and quiet conditions, with blanket and pacifier provided. stimulation with song and rhythmic movement." they are held and sung to as part of their medical treatment.
      not only because it's necessary for their development as healthy humans, but also because of basic human empathy. (when it's a toddler or child, they also receive play therapy and the notes are extremely specific, down to which toys they select.)
      it's genuinely tragic that a several month old infant would suffer pain and fear from a sudden ailment and then be left alone in a bassinet for days. even if the baby doesn't grow up to become the unabomber, that's unacceptable.

    • @jamesfrench7299
      @jamesfrench7299 Před 11 měsíci

      Yet people, while knowing this has happened to a damaged individual and the ramifications, still judge and blame the damaged adult simply because they haven't been so affected themselves. It baffles me how they are ok with that.

  • @jmklind
    @jmklind Před 4 lety +590

    If you can’t trust Kaczynski, who can you trust?! Lol 🤣

    • @frankenz66
      @frankenz66 Před 4 lety +29

      That is the power of things like hollywood fantasy when the reality is people or groups seldom stop what they are doing even after satisfying demands. That is why most countries don't nego with terrorists.

    • @somyan8540
      @somyan8540 Před 4 lety +7

      High iq doesn't mean that person is killer
      It simply means person is not stupid or dumb
      However in todays society to survive and socilize with humans is neccessary to be drunk as awake and sane a normal healthy person can not cope with insane world we are living in.
      This is not news yet some are in different area zones and some people are not alchoholic and alchohol drinkers, this must be due to something
      Think about it, how some homes are happier and luckier than others? I think people in general are not stupid. We most don't talk about it or spread horrific stories on purpose terrifying people we live with
      Some people are just jerks that's all, however terrifying society isn't it a crime?
      Children are taught of dangers in Schools, news advise us of things that happen on the outside world , to be vigilent and obsirvent.
      Killers are everywhere, just if somebody has a high iq doesn't mean that person is a killer however a human smart enough to avoid such other human species
      Survivor
      Survivor doesn't mean criminal, it certainly doesn't mean killer.

    • @dougjstl1
      @dougjstl1 Před 3 lety +2

      I trust jess

    • @josephsassone3753
      @josephsassone3753 Před 3 lety +1

      Donald Trump?

    • @IgnatiusCheese
      @IgnatiusCheese Před 3 lety +1

      You wouldn't get it

  • @Firguy
    @Firguy Před 4 lety +112

    After reading through his manifesto: it would seem that Kacynski has a deeper understanding of human psychology than any professional working in the field. I think he is right to have contempt for psychologists and psychiatrists because the function of those medical professionals is not to help people become happy and overcome their anguish but to make them functional as obedient, functional cogs in the machine by prescribing them psychotropic drugs whose efficacy is questionable at best.

    • @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki
      @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki Před 4 lety +4

      Berkeley, in the runup to the mid sixties. would NOT have been a good place for him. Maybe Oberlin or Reed College, a lot smaller and not so into outlashes against society and overachieving Professors and Thesis students at least as smart as Kacynski, but with intolerant social skills. He would not have fitted there at all. Knowing the academic "process" and dept. politics, it's my guess he was squeezed out, and it wasn't with lubrication.

    • @tony6795
      @tony6795 Před 4 lety +3

      When are you going to publish your manifesto?

    • @lisbethbird8268
      @lisbethbird8268 Před 4 lety +15

      The "psychologists" tortured and brainwashed him as an adolescent. It was their little government funded psyops research project with Ted being the lab rat. all in the name of "science" and ego glorification. Is it really any wonder he became a terrorist? The whole premise of those entitled buttholes disgusts me. I imagine Ted himself may have felt the same from time to time.

    • @echmech
      @echmech Před 4 lety +1

      The delusion wasn't his provocative thoughts, the delusion is his egalitarianism...

    • @reggieshmeggie4219
      @reggieshmeggie4219 Před 4 lety +1

      You're one of those Jerries who think they are Rick's. Stating things as obviously wrong as they are right.

  • @deeseant
    @deeseant Před 3 lety +19

    These videos are so amazing for helping with fiction writing. Videos like this and ones from other channels are so great for a realistic character development and have eally upgraded my writing, as well as the grades I get in the creative writing classes that Im taking. It's so awesome that we have access to so much stuff like this without having to also take a bunch og psychology classes, and channels like Charisma on Command we don't even really have classes for and it's hard to find guys like you that make things so easy to understand and relatable. Thanks so much and keep up the great work!

  • @marcmarc4776
    @marcmarc4776 Před 4 lety +50

    Reading the Unabombers Manifesto today....it seems Ted was correct in a great many things.

    • @maximilianomadrigal6661
      @maximilianomadrigal6661 Před 3 lety +5

      All his "good points" are just alienation, its low hanging fruit that anyone can point out, fascists doing all the time

    • @ytugtbk
      @ytugtbk Před 3 lety +1

      And, it's poorly written especially from someone with a genius IQ. Would love to read it after a professional edit job.

    • @idontcare8405
      @idontcare8405 Před 3 lety

      Maximiliano Madrigal fascist are right

    • @illyrian9976
      @illyrian9976 Před 3 lety +1

      Imagine beeing filtered by Kaczynski lmao

  • @anthonystromeyer1399
    @anthonystromeyer1399 Před 4 lety +120

    I recommend reading his essay.

    • @flecktarn4110
      @flecktarn4110 Před 4 lety +42

      I have. For the most part he is correct. Too much dependence on technology will have terrible consequences for us.

    • @longschlong846
      @longschlong846 Před 3 lety +3

      @@devinwatson4594 Free Ted!!

    • @NC-ck5oj
      @NC-ck5oj Před 3 lety +14

      it's a brilliant piece. fascinating and hard to argue with many of the main points. he is definitely mentally ill though. that's the bit that he or his supporters won't or can't acknowledge

    • @henrylicious
      @henrylicious Před 3 lety +1

      @@NC-ck5oj It's really hard to conceptualize oneself as a supporter of his. I think of him as someone who kind've expanded on jacques ellul's work made a great essay,then went out and sullied himself by killing. I sometimes wonder if he just would have waited a couple decades he would have far more impact as a CZcams philosophy personality lol.

  • @pocoeagle2
    @pocoeagle2 Před 4 lety +67

    A very interesting TODD Talk about TED. I saw the documentary about Ted, the Unabomber, on Netflix recently. Thanks for making this video. I really appreciate it and enjoyed it, Dr. Grande 😃🇳🇱

  • @johnnypoker46
    @johnnypoker46 Před 3 lety +43

    That separation from his mom when he was only a few months old might have caused irreversible damage to his psyche. I've long suspected that many people who go astray in life, particularly those who apparently begin in decent shape as he appears to have done, suffer just such an unrecognized trauma. Some people are much more sensitive than others.

    • @JJJettplane
      @JJJettplane Před rokem

      Agree. My son is so extremely sensitive, he actually caused his own personality disorder of schizoid because of how he viewed the painful insincere world. Thankfully with therapy, he was able to see the light again later. But it took an incredible amount of work and proper medication and for a therapist to bring to light the autistic genius that was always at his core.

    • @user-ji8ll1qn6o
      @user-ji8ll1qn6o Před rokem

      You forgot he was a victim of 3 years of mk ultra brainwashing

    • @angelbast3rd133
      @angelbast3rd133 Před rokem

      Not the govt torture program in Harvard that's very well known.. okay buddy

    • @davidochieng9296
      @davidochieng9296 Před rokem +2

      Kaczynski has written two books from prison, they're excellent: Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution

    • @OneStepToDeath420
      @OneStepToDeath420 Před 11 měsíci

      Gabor Mate would immediately agree.

  • @mlee_wood3778
    @mlee_wood3778 Před 3 lety +10

    Growing up we had a cabin in Lincoln. Its nuts how we could have passed by him on hikes

  • @vandurn2135
    @vandurn2135 Před 4 lety +327

    Dr. Grande I was laughing when you blantly said some academics had a lot of intelligence but no common sense in 7:37.
    😂😂😂

    • @jeanettewaverly2590
      @jeanettewaverly2590 Před 4 lety +23

      Valerik 13 Yep, that’s academia in a nutshell.

    • @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki
      @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki Před 4 lety +21

      it's referred to as the "Ivory Tower" for a reason. Many I've met don't think they HAVE to have common sense. That's for the peasants.

    • @denniscwalina6897
      @denniscwalina6897 Před 4 lety +12

      You know I've met a lot of people that have high levels of intelligence when it comes to academics, but literally no common sense. and yes there is a difference between academic intelligence and common Sense. It is the same concept as people having different areas of intelligence. Musical intelligence, athletic, etc. so yes there are some people that can read a book and remember it word for word, but have no idea which end to light a candle.

    • @KBellaTruth
      @KBellaTruth Před 4 lety +1

      *blatantly*

    • @molybdomancer195
      @molybdomancer195 Před 4 lety

      He didn't say academics as such - he said it of highly intelligent people. I would agree with his comment. I have met many people with a high intelligence and at best they are eccentric. I can see that at worst they could be criminally abnormal

  • @abcdefghijklmnop751
    @abcdefghijklmnop751 Před 4 lety +109

    Could you do a video about Shallon Lesters channel? She basically is a life coach and gives psychological advice but seems to give harmful information to her viewers. She is very entertaining/alluring and has even admitted to being a diagnosed narcissist. Could you fact check the information on her channel? Thanks!

    • @theotherkangaroo
      @theotherkangaroo Před 4 lety +22

      I predict Dr. Grande may cover this not to diagnose Lester but to discuss the issues related to CZcamsrs who try to diagnose celebs and/or offer counseling advice to the general public without any training.

    • @nancyayers6355
      @nancyayers6355 Před 4 lety

      Fine, okay, but I'm commenting because of a
      completely different reason: I want to complain about the LENGTH of the Dr.'s videos. They are
      TOO LONG!! I've spoken to my relatives and friends about this, and although no one I know
      watches his channel, my son-in-law stated that
      he won't click on ANY video that's over five minutes long!! I can relate! The Dr. needs to
      cut the jabber drastically!!! Unless it's a subject I'm already interested in, I don't watch! Simple
      as that. These days, I suppose, people have
      time to listen to him ramblings - but when life
      returns to normal (whatever "normal" is,) they
      are not going to sit down and listen to him speak. They won't have time! I have been very
      annoyed by a conflict between thinking "Hey,
      that sounds interesting - then I check out the
      time - and I think, "But I don't have the spare
      time to listen! It's over a half-hour long!" Would
      it be possible for him to begin to keep his videos under, say, five minutes!? I guarantee
      he would snare a whole sh*t pot full of future
      subscribers! I can only hope he stumbles onto my comment and tries it out! I know he is a brilliant and ethical doctor, and I have no other
      complaints about him, but please, Dr. Grande,
      just try it and see what pops!!

    • @GCKing9598
      @GCKing9598 Před 4 lety +18

      Nancy Ayers do you have to “watch” the video? He’s literally sitting there talking, you can do what you need to do and simply listen to the video. It’s really not complicated.

    • @mollytovxx4181
      @mollytovxx4181 Před 4 lety +22

      @@nancyayers6355 I don't think he would sacrifice quality for more viewers. 5 minutes is not enough time to properly discuss the topics he covers. It's possible he would actually lose the viewers that watch because of the research and professional insight that require a longer format video.

    • @warholcow
      @warholcow Před 4 lety +18

      Time for Nancy to find a new channel.

  • @stevedouglas5443
    @stevedouglas5443 Před 3 lety +3

    This is what I really really miss about college. You speak like a well prepared, and interesting prof. Gonna watch your vids now daily. Learning is fun, not painful.

  • @reneeolson4881
    @reneeolson4881 Před 3 lety

    Another case I've followed for years. Thank you Dr. G. I found your comments to be very interresting.

  • @ferreus
    @ferreus Před 4 lety +116

    Read "Industrial society and its future". I've yet to see anyone answer his arguments.

    • @TheZalor
      @TheZalor Před 4 lety +50

      Completely agree. Ignoring his actions and looking at the Manifesto alone, he presents great arguments and analysis. I think its a work everyone should read

    • @ba_charles
      @ba_charles Před 4 lety +45

      The only thing he was wrong about was thinking there's anything we can do to stop it.

    • @TooLF8th
      @TooLF8th Před 4 lety +14

      Ryan Dawson has a few streams where he talks about this. He does agree with much of his manifest, and he brings many good arguments into the debate.

    • @bernardofitzpatrick5403
      @bernardofitzpatrick5403 Před 4 lety +23

      Ermine Starfish: Ted was spot on - technology is controlling us - e.g. people check their mobiles every few seconds and are totally addicted. Watch two people for example at a table in a cafe - each person will be intently looking at their cell phone instead of communicating. Technology is controlling us - AI will be the culmination of this project.

    • @TaiganTundra
      @TaiganTundra Před 4 lety

      Is that the name of his manifesto?

  • @mabloch2410
    @mabloch2410 Před 4 lety +141

    Perhaps you could make a video on the mental health and personality of Norwegian massmurderer Anders Behring Breivik? I think he actually copied a lot of the material in his own manifesto from Kaczynski. Also, his mental health were evaluated twice, by to different teams, and resulted in a public debate over the value and validity of psychological evaluation of criminals.

    • @lizwinkelaar3613
      @lizwinkelaar3613 Před 4 lety +4

      Please yes!

    • @dewilew2137
      @dewilew2137 Před 4 lety +3

      BLOCH FORLAG yes!

    • @ImNotFromThisPlanet
      @ImNotFromThisPlanet Před 4 lety +4

      This would be incredible!

    • @AmbiCahira
      @AmbiCahira Před 4 lety +2

      I'm interested in this too.

    • @coweatsman
      @coweatsman Před 4 lety +3

      Martin Bryant, the Port Arthur killer in Tasmania, Australia, who at the time in 1996, set a world record for mass killings, since beaten several time, would be a good subject of study.

  • @markuswx1322
    @markuswx1322 Před 4 lety +31

    A couple of factual points: The FBI did claim it had TK on its list of persons of interest, though the name was far down the list. Also, it was TK's sister in law, not his brother David who recognized the peculiarities of TK's writing style.
    Concerning the accuracy of the second IQ test, which measured him at about 136 or two SDs above the mean, I would suggest that the original measurement at 160-170 was in fact the closest. It is likely that the decline is connected to his advancing mental disturbance and to stress. I examined one of his published mathematical papers and concluded that he is well into the genius range. There are many bright-normal individuals with IQs in the mid 130s. His colleagues acknowledged at the time that there were only a few people in the world who understood boundary conditions--a rather abstruse field then--as well as TK.

    • @ramsaybolton9151
      @ramsaybolton9151 Před 2 lety +1

      These mental health professionals just love to shit on anyone that they feel morally right in examining under the microscope.

    • @rucianapollard4057
      @rucianapollard4057 Před rokem

      I saw a documentary about the Unabomber and you are right, it was his sister in law, not his brother who suggested that Ted had written that manifesto. Too bad this guy chose to act out with violence and terrorism. With his IQ, maybe he would have found a cure for cancer or AIDS.

    • @AntimatterBeam8954
      @AntimatterBeam8954 Před 11 měsíci

      I was scored IQ 170 as a teenager, however when I was in the midst of a psychiatric admission, I took several of those rubbish online tests, and I was not in the top

  • @chancellorkarla6884
    @chancellorkarla6884 Před 4 lety +20

    I think Ted said the only reason he took the Asst Professorship at Berkeley was to fund his eventual move into the woods.

    • @davidochieng9296
      @davidochieng9296 Před rokem

      "You should read Ted Kaczynski's two books, Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution!

  • @toothpastehombre
    @toothpastehombre Před 4 lety +55

    David Kaczynski is a published poet. Some of his work deals with the internal struggle he had being related to someone who was so troubled. Pretty interesting

  • @moedoesdiys1880
    @moedoesdiys1880 Před 4 lety +6

    Thank you Dr for all of your hard work! I appreciate it so much! I was raised by my grandma who was a psychologist so I really appreciate your hard work as a Dr here ❤️

  • @happydays454
    @happydays454 Před 3 lety +62

    I feel like you missed the whole thing about his LSD tests at Harvard

    • @maxkho00
      @maxkho00 Před 3 lety +2

      And how is that relevant to the question of his personality?

    • @loralieisa
      @loralieisa Před 3 lety +27

      @@maxkho00 He was a victim of a research project --via deception --which some theorize caused him to devolve into the unabomber.

    • @DrSpooglemon
      @DrSpooglemon Před 3 lety +21

      @@maxkho00 How could being a victim of MK Ultra possibly affect someone's personality, right?

    • @happydays454
      @happydays454 Před 3 lety

      @A C u do know when he was if fifth grade he had a IQ of 167 that is why Harvard thought he was gonna be the next great mind and this is where he created this idea that AI artificial intelligence would take over

    • @happydays454
      @happydays454 Před 3 lety

      So he didn't want AI to happen.

  • @lorenfulghum2393
    @lorenfulghum2393 Před 4 lety +41

    Dr Grande, could you please do an episode giving your take on the techniques used during the controversial MKULTRA , MKNAOMI, etc projects?

    • @consciousobserver629
      @consciousobserver629 Před 3 lety +10

      Damn this comment was ignored HARD. Seems like the doc isn't about to get THAT real.

    • @jasminehill6312
      @jasminehill6312 Před 3 lety +5

      That would be interesting 🤔🤔

    • @loralieisa
      @loralieisa Před 3 lety +6

      That would be over the top interesting. Dr. Grande pleeeese do an episode.

    • @loralieisa
      @loralieisa Před 3 lety +5

      @@consciousobserver629 Some are lazy about using search engines. I'm off to search MKNAOMI. I already am familiar with MKULTRA.

    • @l.w.paradis2108
      @l.w.paradis2108 Před 3 lety +1

      There may not be enough reliable information about it. Clandestine programs are . . . clandestine. But perhaps a video on the ethics of mental health professionals ever getting involved in these activities? There's plenty of solid information there!

  • @BW1875
    @BW1875 Před 4 lety +230

    This ted guy sounds kinda based

    • @ecasey91
      @ecasey91 Před 4 lety +35

      He is

    • @MrGuano11
      @MrGuano11 Před 4 lety +8

      Based on what?

    • @Miss.Anthropic.
      @Miss.Anthropic. Před 3 lety +18

      Go read Industrial Society and it’s Future
      Ted >

    • @carsoncasmirri3874
      @carsoncasmirri3874 Před 3 lety +12

      @@MrGuano11 Based refers to a slang term meaning to unapologetically be yourself despite criticism

    • @taffysaur
      @taffysaur Před 3 lety +5

      He was a psycho killer, and a coward at that.

  • @pocoeagle2
    @pocoeagle2 Před 4 lety +17

    Maybe you once like to do a video about the 'Hyper Brain/Hyper Body' theory from Karpinsky? This theory holds that, for all it's advantages, being highly intelligent is associated with psychological and physiological "overexcitabilities", or OEs, which seems to be an unusually intense reaction to an environmental threat or insult. This can be anything from a startling sound to confrontation with another person.
    Psychological OEs include a highthed tendency to rumminate and worry, whereas physiological OEs arise from the body's response to stress. According to the 'Hyper Brain/Hyper Body' theory, these two types of OEs are more common in highly intelligent people and interact with each other in a "vicious cycle" to cause both psychological and physiological dysfunction. Thank you Dr. Grande 😃🇳🇱

    • @rejaneoliveira5019
      @rejaneoliveira5019 Před 4 lety +2

      Wow, this sounds very interesting!

    • @Adara007
      @Adara007 Před 4 lety +2

      Do these psychological OE's include matters like hyperacusis and misophonia? I'm quite interested in nd intrigued by this topic if you'd care to mention anything further regarding it.

    • @LizbetPCB
      @LizbetPCB Před 4 lety +2

      Never heard of this, but now I really want to. Can you link or list places where I can find out more about it, please?
      Edited to add, I found some info on Karpinsky and the theory.

    • @pocoeagle2
      @pocoeagle2 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Adara007 I don't exactly know about your question, but if you search on Google " Karpinsky Hyper Brain", you can read more about it.

    • @Adara007
      @Adara007 Před 4 lety +1

      @@pocoeagle2 Thank you. I have hyperacusis and some misophonia and wonder if it's related to this matter. I also am an INTJ (on the MBTI) and a 5 (5w4 to be specific ) on the Enneagram and apparently quite a few other INTJs and 5's, too, have hyperacusis to various degrees, as do 2 of my 4 brothers, so there's likely a genetic influence or susceptibility, and it definitely causes a lot of difficulties due to our extreme sensitivity to what's often called or dubbed 'environmental noises' which can truly cause frustration, irritation and extreme anger in some sufferers. There's no real listing of these the DSM but they're definitely issues, and I think I'll ask Dr. Grande to analyse and discuss these.

  • @legitbeans9078
    @legitbeans9078 Před 2 lety +4

    I love the straightforward breakdown and analysis, and the lack of obnoxious background music thank you sir, great format you've got a new fan!

    • @davidochieng9296
      @davidochieng9296 Před rokem

      Kaczynski has written two books from prison, they're excellent: Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution

    • @legitbeans9078
      @legitbeans9078 Před rokem

      @@davidochieng9296 He has a fascinating mind. Shame put it to bad use in the end

  • @linasayshush
    @linasayshush Před 3 lety +25

    Correction of a little detail: David wasn't the one who recognized the writing on the manifesto, his wife was. She had never met Ted, she just thought it sounded like him from his letters and the stories his family told. That's how much of an obsessive maniac Kaczynski was.

    • @rucianapollard4057
      @rucianapollard4057 Před rokem +1

      Yes, I saw a documentary about the Unabomber and his sister in law told her husband, that sounds like something your brother would say

  • @cindyrhodes
    @cindyrhodes Před 4 lety +27

    I really appreciate your closing statement about the dangerous combination of lack of empathy, high intelligence, delusional thinking, and paranoia. It feels as if the lack of empathy is what pushes people like this to do what they do. I wish they could see the benefit of caring for others. Without someone to point them in the right direction, though, what hope is there for them!

    • @dewilew2137
      @dewilew2137 Před 4 lety +3

      Mermaid Mansion it has very little to do with someone pointing them in the right direction. In most cases, their brains are wired differently.

    • @tragicslip
      @tragicslip Před 4 lety +2

      I think Ted's withdrawn nature more than lack of empathy lead to crime. Someone without empathy can realize the value of cooperation. He rejected society, and sought to change it via terror vs leadership.

    • @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki
      @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki Před 4 lety +1

      No mention of a mentor. When Harvard, et all. allow a CHILD to attend you'd think it would be a good idea to have governance of some kind. Even if he was an "emancipated minor" like Howard Hughes, good advice and stewardship would protect both him and the Universities liability, especially today.

    • @thebabscast5154
      @thebabscast5154 Před 3 lety +2

      Mermaid Mansion it doesn’t seem too delusional, considering nearly every societal critique he has leveled has a fair amount of validity to it

    • @xminusone1
      @xminusone1 Před rokem

      It's a good idea to try. But I don't think they will listen.

  • @sabbottart
    @sabbottart Před 4 lety +20

    The Netflix special credits the brother's wife for first suggesting the manifesto was written by Ted.

  • @helpyourcattodrive
    @helpyourcattodrive Před 3 lety +1

    This was interesting. I’ve listened to it many times and always find it fascinating. Thanks, Grande.

  • @Blue-xb2xr
    @Blue-xb2xr Před 2 lety

    Thank you for responding. Your responses interesting often.
    Your perspectives appreciated great work stay safe

  • @rollopolloboymarch1074
    @rollopolloboymarch1074 Před 4 lety +16

    This was so amazing cuz I just watched this on Netflix. Dr. Grande can you do an analysis of a career politician. We have all heard that they are narcissists or power hungry sociopaths. I always thought there was some truth to that. Or maybe the psychological profile of anyone seeking a position of power such as a CEO or a police officer.

  • @dewilew2137
    @dewilew2137 Před 4 lety +8

    This was fascinating and informative. Thank you, Doctor. 🤗

  • @DianaDeLuna
    @DianaDeLuna Před 4 lety

    Also, Kudos on the fascinating in-depth analysis on these videos. 👍 I haven't thought about personality traits in so much detail since Michael Stone's book in the 90s.

  • @errolflynn2626
    @errolflynn2626 Před 2 lety +15

    Surprised you did not give the more emphasis "Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, was once part of a Harvard experiment on psychological control subsidized by the CIA and known in turn as MK Ultra. Some say he has one of the most brilliant minds." His brother David, who turned him in has always maintained that these tests harmed a very sensitive Ted who might not have acted out if he had never been subjected to this.

    • @AntimatterBeam8954
      @AntimatterBeam8954 Před 11 měsíci

      This bothers me too, how professionals deny that psychological experiments of that severity can really harm a person, and childhood separation too. Its like how they rarely describe the effects of extreme childhood abuse or severely punitive practices in confinement on a criminal's behaviour.

  • @rileycapizzi5003
    @rileycapizzi5003 Před 4 lety +46

    It’s very important to mention that even if he did indeed experience a psychotic disorder, violent acts are very uncommon in people with these diagnoses. In fact, violence is more likely to be committed against people with disorders like schizophrenia than by individuals with schizophrenia.

    • @ontologicalpotato
      @ontologicalpotato Před 2 lety +2

      the MK Ultra experiments more likely than not did give him mental torment, leading to the violence. I believe that he's spot on in the manifesto, though what he did was unnecessary. For this reason, it seems completely unjust to have him incarcerated given that we don't incarcerate people with issues that are out of their control who commit acts of violence. It's futile.

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Před rokem +1

      Riley you're VERY wrong.

    • @MrMatthewhg
      @MrMatthewhg Před rokem +1

      Hmmn....you do keep banging that drum. I'm not so sure it really is important to keep mentioning it.
      I suspect that, even if true, your quoted statistic only applies because such people would already be in an asylum of some sort and they would be violently attacked by other inmates with similar conditions, not by non-psychotic types.
      Such people really are a danger to themselves and others and should be confined for the good of all. That's not to be judgemental, simply practical and realistic. Stigma is neither here nor there in the context of mass slaughter.

    • @Eikinkloster
      @Eikinkloster Před 11 měsíci

      I’ve seen this soundbite before. What are your sources?

    • @AntimatterBeam8954
      @AntimatterBeam8954 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@MrMatthewhg I have had organic psychosis due to congenital brain damage in my life, and currently medication keeps it at a low level. I agree with you actually - during exacerbations of my psychosis I have been a danger to myself as well as others (others when threatened by them/delusions, I would lash out) and I agree that I should have been sectioned under the mental health act. I should have been confined, however I should not have been abused in the confinement, but that's a more political management factor. It is rare of someone with psychosis / a history of it, to agree that confinement is needed ,but what are you going to do when I'm self harming repeatedly and lashing out at delusions about people? And "violence" , if you cover verbal assault and threatening behaviour, is much more common than if you just include things like grievous bodily harm and actual bodily harm (charges in the UK where I come from).

  • @alexbaker4662
    @alexbaker4662 Před 4 lety +3

    I love this channel. So in depth with a balanced personal input

  • @Stargazer9933
    @Stargazer9933 Před 4 lety +35

    Did Ted’s brother receive the 1 million dollar reward from the FBI, for turning him in?

    • @rickavory
      @rickavory Před 3 lety +23

      I’m pretty sure he did and donated it to victims

    • @annewandering
      @annewandering Před 2 lety

      @@rickavory Excellent way to throw suspicion off of him.

    • @rickavory
      @rickavory Před 2 lety

      @@annewandering I’m not even saying that there isn’t some deep state shit going on. Im just saying the first person to be saying shit like that would be someone like John Mcaffee. A guy who hid in the sand for hours after the police showed up to his house when there was no warrant for arrest. This guy was addicted to and manufactured drugs.

    • @robertgiles9124
      @robertgiles9124 Před 2 lety

      @@annewandering Don't be Stupid. Oh, too late.

    • @erlend6338
      @erlend6338 Před 2 lety

      @@rickavory what are you talking about

  • @possumaintdead
    @possumaintdead Před 3 lety +1

    I am a loyal subscriber to your channel; playing catch-up today. When you talked about the BDI test my brain heard “the beady eye test.” I wondered what the heck that could be. You can imagine the images in my head!

  • @JohnBrownsArmory
    @JohnBrownsArmory Před 4 lety +55

    Let's not forget the fact that he was an unwilling participant in the Harvard LSD study under Timothy Leary

    • @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki
      @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki Před 4 lety

      Was he an "emancipated minor" and therefore could sign off on the paperwork??? Unwilling??? please explain?

    • @spencedelic
      @spencedelic Před 4 lety +12

      Trey Woodward It wasn’t Timothy Leary, it was Henry Murray. Stop spreading misinformation.

    • @waltersobchak7275
      @waltersobchak7275 Před 3 lety +2

      LSD don't make you go crazy bro

    • @nickjohn2051
      @nickjohn2051 Před 3 lety +1

      @@waltersobchak7275 LSD is hallucinogen. A classic psychosis.

    • @Caperhere
      @Caperhere Před 3 lety +3

      Walter Sobchak It can, easily. Which is why you should always have a babysitter standing by, in case you need to be talked down from a bad trip.

  • @genievemcdonald9744
    @genievemcdonald9744 Před 3 lety +6

    Ive rewatched this. When this was going on I was working in agriculture GMOs lab testing in California.. We were all worried when packages came in. Sad thing was many of our super genius researchers at DuPonr showed signs of mental illness and.or unexplained odd behavior. excellent info. Made sense. Clear explanation. Kudos

  • @tonyc7352
    @tonyc7352 Před 3 lety +7

    I was hoping you would include how he had a rash at 9 months and hospitalized. His mother said he changed then, he stopped smiling and didn't keep eye contact.

    • @clicheguevara5282
      @clicheguevara5282 Před 3 lety +3

      Exactly. This event was MAJOR for Ted. ...and anyone who has taken psych 101 will understand why.

    • @kathyshouffler2632
      @kathyshouffler2632 Před 3 lety +2

      Hope it was not a reaction to a vaccine ?

    • @nealm6764
      @nealm6764 Před 11 měsíci

      @@kathyshouffler2632 You just know it was. His was the first generation to start getting them at scale.

  • @sideshowtink
    @sideshowtink Před 3 lety

    Excellent and interesting topics. Enjoy all of your videos very much!

  • @abrvalg321
    @abrvalg321 Před 4 lety +10

    We have been waiting for this.

  • @chantaloechsle3300
    @chantaloechsle3300 Před 4 lety +12

    I love your content, and your pragmatic approach to cases... It doesn't hurt that my puppy loves to fall asleep to your videos 🤣

  • @CuttinInIdaho
    @CuttinInIdaho Před 9 měsíci +1

    I will project my thoughts and stimuli...this guy summed up the world we live in now decades ago. Don't let the "science" speaking stop you from seeing the realistic ideas in his manifesto. He was mostly right while being exceptionally wrong in how he chose to deal with the problems. Go within people, and we will effect a change. Change begins internally, not as a reaction to external events or societies changing norms.

  • @memoriesofgreen6088
    @memoriesofgreen6088 Před 3 lety +18

    You kinda glossed over the the part about the "psychological experiments" were a part of MK Ultra. To me thats a pretty big deal.

    • @ethanwilliamson782
      @ethanwilliamson782 Před 2 lety +1

      From his own mouth he claimed that majority were mainly surveys so, at least in his case, it doesn’t sound super drastic, and still doesn’t explain or excuse becoming a terrorist

  • @veziculorile
    @veziculorile Před 4 lety +21

    Dr Grande, great video as usual-- very insightful. Could you take a look at the mental health characteristics of the tv/ film character Mr. Bean?

  • @williamwolf5598
    @williamwolf5598 Před 4 lety +18

    It’s a shame that such a bright man would disrespect his gifts by using them to blow people up.

    • @damonthomas8955
      @damonthomas8955 Před 4 lety +3

      They said the same thing about Robert Oppenheimer.

    • @FirsToStrike
      @FirsToStrike Před 4 lety +1

      @@damonthomas8955 The issue is exactly that they don't say the same things about Robert Oppenheimer...
      That is- his cause was justified, while the UNAbomber's wasn't. If you ask me tho, neither are justified...

    • @damonthomas8955
      @damonthomas8955 Před 3 lety

      @suny123boy1 legality is just something written on a piece of paper, it's not an absolute, something can be legal in one place and illegal a mile away in another jurisdiction. Justification, likewise, exists purely in the mind of the beholder. Who is to say whether the use of force is more or less justified when used by an individual or an institution?

  • @cindyrhodes
    @cindyrhodes Před 4 lety +2

    The topic of projective drawing is really intriguing!!

  • @existenceispainforameeseeks

    this channel is absolutely fascinating.

  • @WajidAliJAFRI-uv4xe
    @WajidAliJAFRI-uv4xe Před 4 lety +7

    Thanks so much for doing such interesting topics Doc! Always enjoy and learn from your analysis. Be safe and happy :)

  • @shanebobey9435
    @shanebobey9435 Před 4 lety +4

    Yay! you did it! Thanks, Dr. Grande!

  • @stephaniedavis1593
    @stephaniedavis1593 Před 3 lety +3

    This one I found fascinating. I like to see what in his background may have caused him to be like this. I watched the Netflix Unabomber in his own words series it explained a lot. Now I understand more because of your video. It amazes me how you can really quickly describe what’s going on!

  • @Yugely
    @Yugely Před 3 lety

    Very interesting and good analysis! Also didn't realize you did stuff besides SPSS tutorials until recently.

  • @dianamarie5663
    @dianamarie5663 Před 4 lety +3

    Interesting, Dr. Grande. I appreciate your wide range of expertise, from alien lizard people to serial killers to surprise topics. Thanks for making my self isolation more tolerable.

  • @rejaneoliveira5019
    @rejaneoliveira5019 Před 4 lety +3

    Fascinating case! TK surely has a very complex mind. It makes me wonder how he would respond to treatment/counseling. That would give an interesting case study too.
    Thank you for another awesome video Dr. Grande!

    • @davidochieng9296
      @davidochieng9296 Před rokem

      "You should read Ted Kaczynski's two books, Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution!

  • @melissah6235
    @melissah6235 Před 4 lety +2

    Your analyses are helping me get through homework. Thanks, Dr. Grande! 🙏🙏🙏

  • @cskcm
    @cskcm Před 2 lety +2

    imagine being snitched on by your own family. never rebuilding that trust

    • @Savvy-iu2vp
      @Savvy-iu2vp Před rokem

      Kaczynski has written two books from prison, they're excellent: Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution .

  • @lagon7830
    @lagon7830 Před 2 lety +3

    Ted isn't crazy. He's incredibly smart, and his manifesto is incredibly accurate.
    It is not possible to make a LASTING compromise between technology and freedom, because technology is by far the more powerful social force and continually encroaches on freedom through REPEATED compromises.
    Power depends ultimately on physical force. By teaching people that violence is wrong (except, of course, when the system itself uses violence via the police or the military), the system maintains its monopoly on physical force and thus keeps all power in its own hands.

    • @Savvy-iu2vp
      @Savvy-iu2vp Před rokem

      Kaczynski has written two books from prison, they're excellent: Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution .😊

  • @leonardofernandez6488
    @leonardofernandez6488 Před 4 lety +16

    He was so articulate and logical in its presentation of why technology was controlling all of us, that it is really hard for me to see there the signs of a delusion.

    • @b.g.5869
      @b.g.5869 Před rokem +2

      Let me help you out here; he blew up complete strangers 😉.

    • @fifiadan
      @fifiadan Před rokem

      @@b.g.5869 So what? If we find out Isaac Newton was a serial killer does he become wrong?

    • @b.g.5869
      @b.g.5869 Před rokem +1

      @@fifiadan It would make him morally wrong obviously. But this is irrelevant to my response. The person I was replying to said they didn't see his Kaczynski was delusional so I reminded him that he sent bombs to people.
      You're horribly confused.

    • @b.g.5869
      @b.g.5869 Před rokem

      @@fifiadan Yes, obviously it would mean he was morally wrong.
      Are you on a lead paint chip diet or something?
      I get the impression you just learned about the genetic fallacy, don't understand it, but are eager to refer to it.
      The genetic fallacy of course has nothing to do with genetics in the sense of DNA etc (this is important to point out when talking to a dunce like you because otherwise the next thing you'd be saying is "What does this have to do with genes?!" etc).
      The genetic fallacy occurs when one tries to say a claim is wrong because they're a bad person. The canonical example is that Hitler was a bad person, and vegetarian, therefore vegetarianism is bad; obviously this reasoning doesn't hold water.
      Obviously, if Isaac Newton was a serial killer it wouldn't mean his ideas about mathematics and physics were wrong; it would however mean he was morally wrong (i.e. a horrible person).
      Kaczynski is objectively a horrible person (morally wrong). This in and of itself doesn't mean his theories about the effect of technology in society are necessarily wrong; it doesn't mean they're correct either of course.
      However, this case is different from Hitler and vegetarianism because in the case of Kaczynski his ideas about technology and society directly inspired his homicidal behavior. Therefore while his evil deeds have no bearing on the validity or lack thereof of his rambling screed evaluated in isolation.
      However, since his homicidal deeds were directly inspired by his views on technology and society, the latter cannot be completely divorced from the latter. Obviously there's something fundamentally wrong with his world view if he thinks the supposed evils of technology justify killing strangers who have any connection to STEM fields.
      You need to understand an idea before you try to apply it.
      You're horribly confused.

    • @teddyjackson1902
      @teddyjackson1902 Před 11 měsíci

      @@b.g.5869let me help you out here; he got his warning published in the New York Times and Washington Post and here you are talking about him and his ideas 40 years later. You may not agree with his methods, I don’t, but it’s indisputable they worked and there’s nothing delusional about that.

  • @o.milonova9664
    @o.milonova9664 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for this video and the link to the Karen Franklin psychological report, I found this read fascinating!

  • @bettym.3996
    @bettym.3996 Před 3 lety +10

    Ted pretty much predicted "now" -

  • @lolitalamb
    @lolitalamb Před 4 lety +3

    Video topic request: differential diagnoses - schizophrenia, delusional disorder & PPD. Thanks for the great work on this one!

  • @TooLF8th
    @TooLF8th Před 4 lety +56

    His manifest is actually really interesting. He predicted much of the way our society has "evolved"with things like antifa, gender hysteria and so on.
    Interesting case, and thanx 4 making this video, I know many many people has been asking for it =)
    Keep up the good work Todd-man, best wishes from Norway =)

    • @Desertphile
      @Desertphile Před 4 lety +12

      Note that the anti-fascists would not exist if fascists did not exist.

    • @nighttrain1236
      @nighttrain1236 Před 4 lety +8

      I've read fragments. It's very half-baked and derivative. Wouldn't pass muster as an academic text.

    • @hunivan7672
      @hunivan7672 Před 4 lety +15

      @@Desertphile yes they would because they think authority = fascism, they are basically just people stuck in the defiance phase of childhood

    • @TooLF8th
      @TooLF8th Před 4 lety +11

      @@nighttrain1236 Read the whole thing, and make up your own opinion. Watching a few conversations on the subject might also help seeing the text in a different light. Have in mind that this was written by a disturbed but highly intelligent person. =)

    • @TooLF8th
      @TooLF8th Před 4 lety +18

      @@Desertphile Antifa are acting like fascists, calling oneself anti-something does not make one anti anything. They behave in many ways like the brown-jacket-goons of early Hitler, and the goons of Mussolini. Masked goons running around making peaceful protests impossible.

  • @margin606
    @margin606 Před 3 lety

    Best one I've listened to. Many thanks!

  • @Dutch_bastard_23
    @Dutch_bastard_23 Před 2 lety +16

    I can't help it, but I love Ted and feel empathy and awe for him somehow, being fully aware of what he has done.

    • @Savvy-iu2vp
      @Savvy-iu2vp Před rokem +1

      Kaczynski has written two books from prison, they're excellent: Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution .😊

    • @charlescushing1
      @charlescushing1 Před 11 měsíci +2

      I can understand admiring his ideas, but you should analyze whether it is appropriate to express 'love' for this person. He killed three innocent people and wounded many others. His tactics were ineffective, and ultimately hurt his 'cause.'. He could have just written his books and essays and they potentially could have been as influential as Rachel Carson's writings for example. I understand he had a traumatic childhood. But he still needed to be put behind bars. In the big picture it is a human tragedy. Incidentally, and ironically, he relied on the same 'technology' he despised to get his manifesto out to the world. Frequently in the ideas of these 'idealists' and 'utopians' we find such inconsistencies of logic or outright hypocrisy. For example Henry David Thoreau was guilty (in my opinion) of the same thing. He condemned mass-production but he could not have built his little cabin so efficiently without an axe that was mass produced in a machine shop assembly line. And his experiment at Walden pond lasted a mere two years (his friends paid his taxes to support him) and then he had to return to the society he pretended to be aloof from. He was, in short, a misanthrope. In Kaczynski's case this same misanthropy was taken to an extreme where he actually RANDOMLY murdered people.

  • @filippolomuscio5912
    @filippolomuscio5912 Před 4 lety +4

    Hallo Doc. and thanks for the wonderful content you provide!
    I wonder if you would be interested in making a psychological profile of Lance Armstrong.
    Also, I'd like to ask you a simple question if I may: why do you refer to psychological conditions or traits as "constructs"?
    Thanks again!

  • @buddhababy2005
    @buddhababy2005 Před 4 lety +5

    Your sense of humour cheers me up in these difficult times, Dr. Grande - 'if you can't trust the Unabomber, who can you trust?'

  • @pri.sci.lla.
    @pri.sci.lla. Před 4 lety +1

    Being from Chicago this case is super interesting, although you never cover boring cases!

    • @davidochieng9296
      @davidochieng9296 Před rokem

      "You should read Ted Kaczynski's two books, Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution!

  • @James_Bowie
    @James_Bowie Před 3 lety

    Excellent coverage. 👍

  • @kingsofle0n
    @kingsofle0n Před 4 lety +4

    Thanks for making great content Dr. Grande! :)
    I would love it if you'd make a video of Timothy McVeigh and the Alt-right movement, as well as the case of Aaron Hernandez!

  • @Ms_Farita
    @Ms_Farita Před 3 lety +4

    Ted Kaczynski was placed in a special dorm at Harvard for younger students. He was part of an intense psychological study. Such an experience, combined with a troubled childhood may have exacerbated his mental illness

    • @AntimatterBeam8954
      @AntimatterBeam8954 Před 11 měsíci

      Completely, psychological torture / abuse can completely destroy people, like how some torture methods cause a full psychotic break.

  • @LindaMarieMagnusson
    @LindaMarieMagnusson Před rokem

    I miss these videos. I am very interested in psychology, and you do the best videos 💖

    • @ZetexFerol
      @ZetexFerol Před rokem

      I read Ted Kaczynski's two books, Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution, and they were great ✍️.

  • @jentleil2183
    @jentleil2183 Před 3 lety +1

    I love your videos. Thank you