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Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend (2007)

de Barbara Oakley

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Have you ever heard of a person who left you wondering, "How could someone be so twisted? So evil?" Prompted by clues in her sister's diary after her mysterious death, author Barbara Oakley takes the reader inside the head of the kinds of malevolent people you know, perhaps all too well, but could never understand. Starting with psychology as a frame of reference, Oakley uses cutting-edge images of the working brain to provide startling support for the idea that "evil" people act the way they do mainly as the result of a dysfunction. In fact, some deceitful, manipulative, and even sadistic behavior appears to be programmed genetically--suggesting that some people really are born to be bad. Oakley links the latest findings of molecular research to a wide array of seemingly unrelated historical and current phenomena, from the harems of the Ottomans and the chummy jokes of "Uncle Joe" Stalin, to the remarkable memory of investor Warren Buffet. Throughout, she never loses sight of the personal cost of evil genes as she unravels the mystery surrounding her sister's enigmatic life--and death. Evil Genes is a tour-de-force of popular science writing that brilliantly melds scientific research with intriguing family history and puts both a human and scientific face to evil.… (mais)

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Interesting, but hard to focus on for me personally. Easy enough to follow the scientific parts, but didn't really answer the questions I wanted answered when I checked it out. Personality disorders are easier to understand than regular people though.

mateideyr | Jul 17, 2015 |

Agree with oddbooks that not enough data about Carolyn is presented for the casual reader to make up their minds whether she was a bitch, an asshole, or actually evil.

I bought this book because I have to ask myself those questions about someone. Now I have language to describe the bad person's repertoire of techniques for evading responsibility and making good people off balance: new to me: splitting and gaslighting. I'm familiar with blame shifting and displacement already, of course.

Worth reading if you are unfortunate enough to want to know about and avoid the bad person's bag of tricks.

KaterinaBead | Nov 26, 2012 |

So, let's see... Author's sister, who had polio, was physically disabled as a result of the disease and as a child spent a long time in an isolated ward and grew up to be disconnected from her family and selfish. Author speculates her sister is DUN DUN DUN, evil, despite giving evidence of her sister being completely screwed up. Screwed up. Not evil. She invokes some of history's worst monsters to compare to her sister, invokes human genetics and muses that the gene for a propensity for getting polio is located near the gene for being an evil monster.

Bad science, bad psychology, and a sister who has a vendetta against her dead sibling whom she calls evil without even presenting enough information for the casual reader to determine whether or not her sister was an asshole, let alone evil.

This is a bad book and the woman who wrote it should feel bad. Bad. Very, very bad. But she probably doesn't and maybe she should then write a book about what makes people write hit jobs against dead siblings. Perhaps it's evil? Perhaps? (

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oddbooks | Jun 9, 2012 |

This book is very imformational and goes over the science of mental disorders. Evil Genes talks about some of the most famous people with the disorders. Everyone who can sit through and like the science of the brain.

Ashliecaster | Oct 25, 2010 |

Having dealt with a few "borderpaths" in my time, I can testify that this book is spot-on. One winces in recognition at how the fundamental lack of empathy wrecks havoc. It is somewhat anecdotal, but a good survival guide, and the brain science is solid enough. If you have evil Koosh balls in your life, or find yourself "walking on eggshells," or are just coping with an abrasive little prick, document everything, follow procedure, and involve upper echelons whenever feasible. Some people are just plain mad, bad, and dangerous to know inasmuch as their brains were made askew, and some are merely thoughtless, but it pays to know the difference.

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Nome do autor	Função	Tipo de autor	Obra?	Status
Barbara Oakley	—	autor principal	todas as edições	calculado
Conti-Zilsberger, Grace M.	Designer da capa	autor secundário	algumas edições	confirmado
Dynamic Graphics / Picture Quest	Artista da capa	autor secundário	algumas edições	confirmado
Few, Roger	Editor	autor secundário	algumas edições	confirmado
Phelps, Jim	Prefácio	autor secundário	algumas edições	confirmado
Wilson, David Sloan	Prefácio	autor secundário	algumas edições	confirmado

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The natural world includes millions of species that evolved to survive and reproduce in different ways.
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The Wizard said loudly to Dorothy and her friends:
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One might easily argue that the modern study of sinister people began in 1954 – nine years after my sister Carolyn's birth.

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Have you ever heard of a person who left you wondering, "How could someone be so twisted? So evil?" Prompted by clues in her sister's diary after her mysterious death, author Barbara Oakley takes the reader inside the head of the kinds of malevolent people you know, perhaps all too well, but could never understand. Starting with psychology as a frame of reference, Oakley uses cutting-edge images of the working brain to provide startling support for the idea that "evil" people act the way they do mainly as the result of a dysfunction. In fact, some deceitful, manipulative, and even sadistic behavior appears to be programmed genetically--suggesting that some people really are born to be bad. Oakley links the latest findings of molecular research to a wide array of seemingly unrelated historical and current phenomena, from the harems of the Ottomans and the chummy jokes of "Uncle Joe" Stalin, to the remarkable memory of investor Warren Buffet. Throughout, she never loses sight of the personal cost of evil genes as she unravels the mystery surrounding her sister's enigmatic life--and death. Evil Genes is a tour-de-force of popular science writing that brilliantly melds scientific research with intriguing family history and puts both a human and scientific face to evil.

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