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Simon Baron-Cohen had a piece published in the Guardian today which questions the diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia on the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik. I posted a response here, with my opinion that the 'diagnosis' is political but also criticising Baron-Cohen for trying to shoe-horn Breivik's crime into his world-view, in which all human actions are explainable through his theories of empathy and systemising. (Any other responses to this, I'd be interested in reading.)
New (long) article on Simon Baron Cohen
Jun. 29th, 2011 07:11 pmI just published a long article at my main blog, Indigo Jo Blogs, critiquing two of Simon Baron Cohen's books, including his most recent one (Zero Degrees of Empathy, called The Science of Evil in the USA):
Simon Baron Cohen, Autism and Empathy
Simon Baron Cohen, Autism and Empathy
