Psychological disorders. The epiosde is cut short because I showed a DVD, and frankly, who wants to hear me talk about a DVD…
Music “Barely Listening” by Pilot Speed
I talked about the high functioning autistic guy that can imagine numbers, you have to see it for the full effect, so check out this YouTube video.
Powerpoint Slides
Perhaps the notion of depression as adaptive makes you uncomfortable because the results are so maladaptive.
And, of course, it also seems rather circular to argue that optimism is adaptive and also pessimism is adaptive–what’s the null hypothesis, as it were?
RE: What to do with sociopaths/psychopaths — have you read Darkly Dreaming Dexter? 😉