The Brain of a Murderer - Are You Good Or Evil? - Horizon - BBC

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  • After a PET scan Professor Jim Fallon makes a shocking discovery about his own brain. Amazing video from the BBC Horizon episode, Are you Good or Evil?
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  • @nakerooster3667
    @nakerooster3667 Před 10 lety +196

    Check under his basement's floor boards.

    • @ricewateryt9595
      @ricewateryt9595 Před 4 lety +8

      *WHAT THE BLOODY POOP!*

    • @neilwani1178
      @neilwani1178 Před 2 lety +1

      A new meaning to skeletons in the closet. Literally skulls and torsos.

    • @CharleyMK9867
      @CharleyMK9867 Před rokem +3

      Really?? His parents said he had no empathy as a child. Not his fault. It's in his genes. Obviously. He has not killed anyone.

    • @TheNewsAnchorYouTrust
      @TheNewsAnchorYouTrust Před 6 měsíci

      I wish I could ask him what my factors are like. 😃 From a scientific point of view it's very interesting. I believe I am average. As always. I am never outstanding in anything. 😂😂😂😂

  • @johncrwarner
    @johncrwarner Před 11 lety +43

    The family reaction seems more post-information justification and rationalisation than helpful information.
    More interesting is the question of why these "triggers" are not active in Jim.

    • @dvdbox360
      @dvdbox360 Před 3 lety +3

      I was wondering the same thing too

    • @Poppy-yx8js
      @Poppy-yx8js Před 3 měsíci +1

      They are. He just doesn’t share some things he has done. He has admitted to ruining peoples lives. Getting them fired. If that’s in academia that’s life ruining. You can’t get a position in any university. Not saying I know. Just saying he’s actually said in other interviews he’s done things to people. Including violence.

  • @volikoto
    @volikoto Před 11 lety +97

    having the gene of a warrior but still it will all depend in your childhood environment, and that's a fact.

  • @catalot
    @catalot Před 11 lety +62

    I am relieved that having the gene(s) does not necessarily mean you are a killer. But imagine the danger if this testing were used to determine if you are a dangerous psychopath or not, rather than only identifying the characteristics you may possess? Given the way humans are, it seems unlikely that they will not jump to prejudicial conclusions.

    • @bleh2590
      @bleh2590 Před 2 lety

      That's why the conclusion nowadays is that the only way to know if someone will be violent, is if had committed violence already. And even yet. There's a possibility it won't happen.

    • @shywaldo7152
      @shywaldo7152 Před rokem +1

      @@bleh2590 actually the biggest predictor of violent behaviour is violent upbringing.

  • @The0Vivacious
    @The0Vivacious Před 11 lety +29

    Another proof that its the interaction of nature and nurture is what makes a person.

  • @christianpalmer225
    @christianpalmer225 Před 3 lety +54

    This makes me feel better about my teenage kids. Sometimes I wonder if they're psychopaths, but have been prevented from acting out by being taught morality at home. Imagine being, say, a "latchkey kid" in a crime-infested neighborhood. All those genes would be triggered and you'd rarely have anyone there to implant a purposeful morality. It explains a lot.

    • @jarrodyuki7081
      @jarrodyuki7081 Před 2 lety +1

      only psychopaths deserve to rule the world morals are not a concept i recognize. machiavelli is my hero.

    • @dsfdsfsdfsdfs5389
      @dsfdsfsdfsdfs5389 Před rokem +1

      @@jarrodyuki7081 even though I do not agree check neitzche genolegy of morals were he talks about master and slave morality it’s interesting

    • @CharleyMK9867
      @CharleyMK9867 Před rokem

      Go to 1st comment there you have it..stupidity at it's finest.

    • @Badass_Brains
      @Badass_Brains Před 8 měsíci

      Was it a challenge to try to teach them morality, given that they might have suspected psychopathic tendencies by your description?

  • @OmgPenuts
    @OmgPenuts Před 11 lety +36

    the argument of nature vs nurture

    • @scentsoftravelmeditation
      @scentsoftravelmeditation Před 3 měsíci +1

      It was never an argument
      Play mind games / evil and nature has its ways of punishing u.
      Simple

    • @scentsoftravelmeditation
      @scentsoftravelmeditation Před 3 měsíci

      I don’t get why some humans fail to understand that no good ever comes out of evil

  • @splitpitch
    @splitpitch Před 5 lety +25

    I have come to the conclusion that good and bad are relative terms. I know many people believe these are absolutes, but then they start saying it's ok to harm others when you are protecting your family from robbers or enemy soldiers (which is a good example of relativity because the enemy soldiers are saying the same thing). It boils down to 'them' and 'us'. It's ok to harm one of 'them' (whoever is a them to you), but not a member of the 'us' group. Some empathic generous people see everyone on the planet as 'us'. The problem for psychopaths is sometimes there is no 'us', just a 'me'.

  • @rgdhunter
    @rgdhunter Před 11 lety +6

    Know that something is wrong and not caring is probably the single most important identifying trait of a psychopath.

  • @mikefrancis2366
    @mikefrancis2366 Před 7 lety +65

    your implusviness made you tell your family about it. now they have that nitch in the back of their mind that he could be dangerous.

  • @danman6612
    @danman6612 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The main problem with psychopaths is that they do not care. Even though he had a good childhood, he could still do something wrong and wouldn't care about it. That's the issue here. I'm glad he's not a killer and everything, but even his son admits that he was scared of him on several occasions, so let's not pretend that this guy doesn't have the potential to be more dangerous than the average person.

  • @IrishEyes1989
    @IrishEyes1989 Před 11 lety +49

    I'd like to find out more about this "Warrior Gene." It sounds very interesting.

  • @robinrahmani4705
    @robinrahmani4705 Před 2 lety +6

    What I pick up from this very interesting video is the importance of providing children with as much love and affection as possible

  • @EIBBOR2654
    @EIBBOR2654 Před 11 lety +13

    Interesting, but as you stated it is more than just the genes. Some of the items brought up reminded me of an old movie I saw on TV, I think it was called "The boy's from Brazil" and in the movie they were trying to clone Hitler. They addressed the part of the life experiences that had to happen in order to turn on the Hitler in the clone. I think the movie was made in the 70's or early 80's. But it is interesting to see they knew that it was more than just genes back when that movie was made.

  • @wh0sthatgirl
    @wh0sthatgirl Před 9 lety +17

    This video reminds me of a book by Kevin Dutton, The Wisdom of Psychopaths, in which the optimal functioning psychopath is discussed at length. It's a very interesting topic!

  • @JustAFanGamer
    @JustAFanGamer Před 11 lety +9

    Genes gives around 20-30% persons charatesistics, everything else depends on environment person grew up in :D

  • @cvwillc
    @cvwillc Před 11 lety +4

    Is the capacity for murder a genetic disposition? In the book Jacob (on trial for murder) has the gene, his father (a lawyer defending him) has the gene, and his grandfather (in jail for murder) has the gene. We read it for the library discussion group for January - Good read.

  • @IZaGeY
    @IZaGeY Před 11 lety +17

    Must be awkward for his son to have him around his family now

  • @violetgypsie
    @violetgypsie Před 9 lety +29

    Not all psychopaths are killers. If they were, then 1 in 100 people would be a killer.

    • @PatrickBateman1987
      @PatrickBateman1987 Před 7 lety

      irishbreakfast
      type 1 diabetic?

    • @seabreeze667
      @seabreeze667 Před 4 lety +3

      Agree. Some psychopaths dont kill, they are bullies at work or they only dare to bully girls to satisfy their narcissistic self.

  • @ItsMyJoviLife
    @ItsMyJoviLife Před 11 lety +2

    That's fascinating!!

  • @BEEBEE159
    @BEEBEE159 Před 5 lety +14

    Just because a psychopath has never killed someone, does not mean they are not dangerous. Firstly, there is a million and one ways to hurt people, without killing them. Secondly, there is always a first time. Psychopaths can kill a person for the first time when they are upwards of 40 yrs old. Maybe they went their whole life without so much as getting a speeding ticket; but then suddenly they commit first degree murder. What I'm saying is that past history is really meaningless in determining whether or not a psychopath is dangerous. Even if they kill a person when they're 25 yrs old; well, they lived for the first 25 yrs without so much as hurting a soul. See what I mean?

    • @BEEBEE159
      @BEEBEE159 Před 2 lety +1

      @Mohammed Ali the g I disagree with you. There are many ways to kill a person, apart from taking their life. Psychopaths will get you fired from your job, for example, which could lead to your family being destroyed. That is killing a person, in effect. Psychopathic people would love to kill people; but the only thing that keeps them in line is that they don't want to go to prison, so they will kill you in other ways, that are not considered a crime by the authorities. Everyone has experienced these kinds of people. Personally, I was married to one for 25 yrs. She tried to push me to suicide, among other things. Again, they are murderers at heart; they just don't want to go to prison.

    • @lisacranmer8005
      @lisacranmer8005 Před 2 lety +1

      @@BEEBEE159 I believe this statement.. They will make you feel like your the problem when like you said They called your job and you never went back, but completely go nuts when bills coming in and your costing too much...

    • @dsfdsfsdfsdfs5389
      @dsfdsfsdfsdfs5389 Před rokem +2

      You see every human is capable of killing including you just give him a cause and no consqounce ie no fear now psychopaths don’t give a shit about the two they only care about themselves that’s why the smart ones rule the world the dumb ones are in jail

  • @IbraBel
    @IbraBel Před 11 lety +5

    A man is the son of his society.

  • @michaelarojas
    @michaelarojas Před 3 lety +7

    Depending on how you’re raised it will effect your decisions later on in life.

  • @say7951
    @say7951 Před rokem +1

    Its important to realized if theres a chance you might into an aggressive person, try to make a change of yourself, before it's too late.

  • @acuratl1979
    @acuratl1979 Před 10 lety +12

    Dear JIM, according to many researches, people with one type of ABO group gene more likely have the "cold in their frontal cortex. What is your ABO-gene?

  • @jakegooding827
    @jakegooding827 Před 11 lety

    Does anyone have the link to the full documentary?

  • @sarcasticallyrearranged

    This is the type of programming I expected to see on BBC America, not utter crap that I can watch on the other channels!

  • @sandraschrader-sweeney9631
    @sandraschrader-sweeney9631 Před 8 lety +36

    Just because he hasn't "killed yet" doesn't back up the theory that psychopaths are not killers. In the video his family says that he has horrible rage and that it is bad enough to scare them. He also says that he shares traits such as impulsivity and aggressiveness and lack of empathy, compassion, and emotion. His family also says he has a dual personality with extreme personality changes. He can be smart and nice, but then have horrible rage and scares people. Together these are dangerous traits that are a set up for potential murder- whether it be planned or unplanned. I believe that all psychopaths have the qualities needed for them to all commit murder or dangerous crimes and have no remorse. All it takes is for something to unleash their rage- which is very easy- since they have explosive tempers. In addition, their lack of empathy and compassion also cause horrible emotional abuse on their families. Living with a parent or husband or dad who has horrible rage, and dual personalities is an emotional hell. Essentially they kill their loved ones emotionally right down to their soul. Whether they actually physically kill someone or whether they just inflict emotional abuse- essentially they are still killing their victims. I believe that psychopaths are born that way. Their brains are different. They are like reptiles- very cold blooded- and nothing can or will ever change them. And they don't care or want to either.

    • @AnonyTests
      @AnonyTests Před 5 lety +8

      Sandra Schrader - Sweeney Ok physical killing is not the same as killing someone emotionally, big difference.
      Also, why do many people assume psychopaths are murderers? Who freaking made this up? Saying that psychopaths are murderers is like saying all men above 40 are pedophiles, which of course isn’t true.
      Not all psychopaths are murderers, psychopathy by itself does not drive you to kill or cause harm to others. Please stop the diffusion of this myth because it’s utterly ridiculous and irritating.
      Killing someone (on purpose) is a whole different topic and there are DIFFERENT reasons for a man, woman or a child to commit a murder, sometimes a trigger isn’t required.
      Yes it is complicated dealing with psychopaths, especially if it was someone who lives with you. But nevertheless they aren’t destined to be killers or abusive or anything like that. Some psychopaths are peaceful, some psychopaths are dangerous, some are neutral. Understand that.

    • @blade1950
      @blade1950 Před 3 lety +2

      @@AnonyTests in most cases. Psychopaths are selfish Neutrals. Only caring for their own will.
      Like most Politicians

    • @testone2505
      @testone2505 Před 2 lety

      @@AnonyTests Men after 40 don't make up 25% of the male prisoners while making up only 1% of the population.

  • @CountBifford
    @CountBifford Před 11 lety

    Where did you get this figure?

  • @American-Nobody
    @American-Nobody Před 11 lety +1

    Jason Falon does a speak before the Worldscifest. This is where he talks more about this issue.

  • @American-Nobody
    @American-Nobody Před 11 lety +7

    Where can I find the rest of this program?

    • @Badass_Brains
      @Badass_Brains Před 8 měsíci

      It's sad how many BBC documentaries get lost in the ether :(

  • @Shhehwhsi24
    @Shhehwhsi24 Před 3 lety +3

    i'm not a psychopath

  • @cvwillc
    @cvwillc Před 11 lety +1

    Have you read 'Defending Jacob'?

  • @kalel2723
    @kalel2723 Před 2 lety

    I think I read your book. This seems so familiar but I haven't seen the video 😕 😐 🤔

  • @mossga
    @mossga Před 9 měsíci

    The full version of this show is outstanding.

  • @bleh2590
    @bleh2590 Před 2 lety

    That's why the conclusion nowadays is that the only way to know if someone will be violent, is if had committed violence already. And even yet. There's a possibility it won't happen.

  • @Gracieeeeeeeeeeeeful
    @Gracieeeeeeeeeeeeful Před 10 lety

    Perhaps it was nice weather and did you see any gnats

  • @withthesound
    @withthesound Před 11 lety +8

    Why cant i watch the full documentary, neither on youtube nor on BBC??? Its frustrating that in a world of information and reachable education we are denied the great documentaries yet can watch any jackass movie without hard effort...

  • @WhosTechnique
    @WhosTechnique Před 11 lety +1

    Enviormental Influence is what makes a killer, But some people can control the trigger of that gene and others cannot, That is what seperates a killer from a killer is you get what im saying. We all have that gene, Sad but true.

  • @nicky2591
    @nicky2591 Před 3 lety +1

    Fantastic

  • @H.art22
    @H.art22 Před 2 lety

    This is crazy

  • @aaronzack14
    @aaronzack14 Před 11 lety +2

    that was very interesting. now its got me thinking about myself and my past and who i might really be....trippy.

  • @beatemueller7830
    @beatemueller7830 Před 4 lety +2

    Where can one get a brain scan like that?

    • @Badass_Brains
      @Badass_Brains Před 8 měsíci

      Sometimes if you volunteer to participate within an fMRI study, they will print out a scan of your brain if you ask. Some are reluctant to give a print out though as some brain scans show anomalies which are harmless but can stress out an untrained observer :)

  • @dozadozadozadoza
    @dozadozadozadoza Před 11 lety

    Aren't those numbers arguable though?

  • @American-Nobody
    @American-Nobody Před 11 lety

    Sorry James Fallon.

  • @TheRealAestuo
    @TheRealAestuo Před 11 lety

    No, what is it about? Is it worth the read?

  • @PHATEYE89
    @PHATEYE89 Před 11 lety

    Wow

  • @es78xx
    @es78xx Před 11 lety

    i agree, our messed up society creates these killers........... some people don't have the ability to control themselves....

  • @JustAFanGamer
    @JustAFanGamer Před 11 lety

    This is not claim, just a personal conclusion from philology studies.

  • @eheil
    @eheil Před 11 lety

    Boring? I think not. This is serious research, and it needs to be considered. Pet scans MRI scans etc. don't lie. However it can be interpreted differently.

  • @shred9475
    @shred9475 Před rokem

    I suspect my father has this gene. Makes sense now.

  • @JustAFanGamer
    @JustAFanGamer Před 11 lety

    Cause I did it op purpose to see if someone can argue my claim :D True numbers is around can be 50 to 80 depending on person's physiology itself :D

  • @SindriKr
    @SindriKr Před 7 měsíci

    It doesnt have to be a psycopath. The same symptoms can be for a few reasons. Psycopaths enjoy hurting others, to not care is not exactly the same thing. There is so much that it can be. Some do not understand others, some know but dont care. Then some know and do care but cant help themselves for some reason. And then some others who pretend to have done something as an accident to get away with it and continue on as they are behaving.

  • @AnonyTests
    @AnonyTests Před 5 lety

    The thumbnail doesn’t even fit with the title of the video

  • @AK-wh7sp
    @AK-wh7sp Před 2 lety

    Find me?

  • @PineappleToaster
    @PineappleToaster Před 11 lety

    Then do the people who are intrigued about these kinds of things a favor and go away.

  • @user-lo7hx5sl6d
    @user-lo7hx5sl6d Před měsícem

    Good and evil are merely human concepts.😊There is no such thing like nature preferring good over bad.

  • @JustAFanGamer
    @JustAFanGamer Před 11 lety

    I know, ask people who gave them :D

  • @YaofuZhou
    @YaofuZhou Před 11 lety

    Am I the only one made to think of Battlestar Galactica? XD

  • @hungondarcy
    @hungondarcy Před 11 lety

    oh God, please tell me this is a tv show or something and not real...

  • @jamesof7seven
    @jamesof7seven Před 10 lety +1

    Yes.

  • @teq1962
    @teq1962 Před 2 lety

    Well, nothing new...without "study" I always knew that I could be a terrible criminal... meanwhile I am 'killing' only by thinking ...😀

  • @trendgil
    @trendgil Před 11 lety +1

    Oh my god... The result at the end is obvious So obvious! Listen people ive had both sides to myself, a nice caring side that will work hard for anyone who deserves it, but i also have another side, to be direct and bold. I might have the same brain activity? Or genes, but why give those patterns labels? I use it for good, i can easily apply my awareness to be evil, but i chose not to. Simple story of "you are what you think".

  • @redishere2023
    @redishere2023 Před rokem

    It's the subhuman gene, actually.

  • @lindseydickey9282
    @lindseydickey9282 Před rokem

    I'm a sociopath and I believe becoming a psychopath. Nurture vs nature or whatever. I'm lonely just like JD was. I live alone and don't want people to leave but they always do.

    • @isaiahyounggod2723
      @isaiahyounggod2723 Před rokem

      Have you watched dragon ball super?(just a quick question)

    • @lindseydickey9282
      @lindseydickey9282 Před rokem

      @@isaiahyounggod2723 nope

    • @dianaverano7878
      @dianaverano7878 Před rokem

      You could always seek psychologists' counselling to improve your social skills further.
      Sociopaths & psychopaths have similarities according to psychologists:
      Both disregard rules
      Both have highly disagreeable personality
      Difference:
      Sociopaths love position of power or to be close to somebody in power. They become ceo or love to work wih big boss or ceo
      Psychopaths do not love position of power in a society. They do not like to be in the center of attention, that is for sociopaths.

  • @teodytrinidad9497
    @teodytrinidad9497 Před rokem

    Many years of providing percentage of theft

  • @fwmadhura612
    @fwmadhura612 Před 3 lety +1

    Okay, y'all i have to tell something. When i was 2 and half years old i took a knife and cut my finger just to see how blood looks and i wasn't crying or anything. And i let the droplets of blood fall all over the house. Is that normal?

    • @sennahfn5969
      @sennahfn5969 Před 3 lety +3

      That shit is kind of weird, and also how do you remember it if you were 2 years old?

  • @CounterActPsych
    @CounterActPsych Před 11 lety +1

    People tend to EITHER fit themselves, and others, into the beliefs they don't question OR else they would have to give up the stupid beliefs wouldn't they? ALL human beings have "traits" that could be defined as "abnormal"? Compared to WHAT being defined as "normal"?

    • @AnonyTests
      @AnonyTests Před 5 lety +2

      CounterPsych Many people think that they are in the center of the universe, if they see you different than they are, they will assume something is wrong with you.
      Honestly, to me it’s only a problem if that person had no control over his behavior, if that person does have control and is aware then you don’t need to worry.

  • @Andreajazzify
    @Andreajazzify Před 11 lety

    secondo me invece è cosi!!

  • @YourGamingTeam
    @YourGamingTeam Před 11 lety +1

    ROFL he is the killer :O

  • @0recoilyt658
    @0recoilyt658 Před 11 měsíci

    My eye cannot focus on other people
    I have been copied from my sister
    Beacuse I was just domaniting to bit her for scar
    But one day see look me eveil
    Now it is copy paste in my eyes

  • @jackieharris9183
    @jackieharris9183 Před rokem

    HOW IS IT BETTER TO NOT BE A VIOLENT PSYCHOPATH, THOSE PEOPLE BLEND IN EAISER AND DO MORE HARM IN SOCIETY

  • @kingjay6009
    @kingjay6009 Před 6 lety +1

    ticking timebombs

  • @squirrel9760
    @squirrel9760 Před 3 lety

    100

  • @666Satansboy
    @666Satansboy Před 8 lety

    i am good how ever people misunderstand me. i am schizotypal and am very aloof with extremely different views and slightly perverse sense of humour. but im good lol sensitive deep down

    • @soniaangel9289
      @soniaangel9289 Před 4 lety

      @@ManOfAttitudeLP1998 I'm earth angel and it feels extremely good

    • @soniaangel9289
      @soniaangel9289 Před 4 lety

      My brother is sociopath when he was 22 he beated his friend with a knife just for money and he always had a violent attitude one time he killed a cate just bcz she broke something I feel he is very evil I don't know how I could grow up with such brother but the weird things he like my nieces and nephews, I'm very empathetic person with psychopath brother.

  • @reneeharold7335
    @reneeharold7335 Před 3 lety

    Do they all have
    the "warrior gene?"
    I've never heard of
    it, but I've heard
    about children that
    act like demons from
    hell.

  • @jameslee5168
    @jameslee5168 Před rokem

    Far as I'm understanding about this Information You should have your child tested for it If they have it you should abort them If you have a older child that has it I don't know what to say Let Them down For the count Thanks for the information I got from This Murder gens

  • @jamesof7seven
    @jamesof7seven Před 10 lety +5

    I don't get people who eat out doors, I mean, do you like gnats with your pie? Buncha weirdos.

  • @falquest
    @falquest Před 2 lety

    Hey cuz 🔪

  • @Thrillin_Chillin_Drillin

    Shape and size of muscles is more important than psychological code

  • @jameslee5168
    @jameslee5168 Před rokem

    If you just learn this information It's a very interesting way to freak out a child Sorry kid We gotta put you To sleep Forever and ever Because you're gonna Have The Murder gens

  • @es78xx
    @es78xx Před 11 lety +1

    anyway i believe circumstances make serial killers....... bad experiences and things. it's not genetic...
    society creates these monsters.................

  • @Davo_1991
    @Davo_1991 Před 11 lety

    charatesistics? HAHAHAH fail!

  • @hshingebis
    @hshingebis Před 11 lety

    You know right and wrong? you know whats right because in past lifetimes you have done the wrong. As far as souls go, it has age.

  • @Saimariaz78
    @Saimariaz78 Před 11 lety +1

    Boring

  • @Happy-qd3yb
    @Happy-qd3yb Před rokem +1

    First of all how do they even know if this gene causes one to be a psychopath or what being a psychopath even means chemically. This seems like very limited perspective of a more complex subject

    • @jameslee5168
      @jameslee5168 Před rokem

      What I was thinking We should have every unborn child Tested for this gene And then they have this We should abort the child And if you have a older child That has this gene You should put them to sleep forever and ever That's what I got out of this information