Reply #87: Interesting answer.

[H2O Man]

There are several good studies that indicate that there are indeed differences in the hard-wiring. It might be a bit early to say that there is proof that this is always the case. There is also an ongoing debate about genetics versus environment; I consider that to be a relatively unimportant debate, because genetics and environment are a blend ..... it's as if there was a debate about if yellow or blue are more important in making green, as a friend once told me.

The vast majority of sociopaths do not commit murder, and are not rapists or violent criminals per say. Likewise, the majority are not super-smart evil doers. They are instead fucked up people who create havoc, pain, and misery in other peoples' lives.

For the sub-group that does engage in violent crime, there is a percentage that "age out" of violent crime at about the age 42. It is not certain what factors influence this: it may be something akin to insight, it may be a change in brain chemistry as the result of the aging process.

As far as treatment with medication or therapy, there is no advantage to either, and no indication of these traditional treatments working in any cases on record.