I’m not sure if that’s surprising. I’ve seen somewhere that psycopaths have higher than average IQ, and there were some serial killers who certainly could have managed a PhD program… Wait, Kaczynski?
Actually I’d be more scared of a Kaczynski than of Holmes. Holmes seems to enjoy his mass murder up close and personal. Kaczynski was driven by ideology; that type seems much more dangerous.
Actually I’d be more scared of a Kaczynski than of Holmes.
Kaczynski killed 3 people in 20 years. Holmes killed 12 people in a few minutes. I can’t easily get away from an estimate that I am around 4X as likely to suffer from someone like Holmes than from someone like Kaczynski, and so if I had my fear under any sort of rational control and thought it was helpful in lowering my chances of harm, I would fear Holmes more, myself.
I suppose it depends on whether you expect to be the target of someone’s ideology.
Kaczynski targeted mostly people in technical fields (science professors, grad students, and people in the computer business). Anders Breivik, who copied parts of Kaczynski’s manifesto in his own, targeted mostly members of a particular political party.
I’m not sure if that’s surprising. I’ve seen somewhere that psycopaths have higher than average IQ, and there were some serial killers who certainly could have managed a PhD program… Wait, Kaczynski?
Actually I’d be more scared of a Kaczynski than of Holmes. Holmes seems to enjoy his mass murder up close and personal. Kaczynski was driven by ideology; that type seems much more dangerous.
Kaczynski killed 3 people in 20 years. Holmes killed 12 people in a few minutes. I can’t easily get away from an estimate that I am around 4X as likely to suffer from someone like Holmes than from someone like Kaczynski, and so if I had my fear under any sort of rational control and thought it was helpful in lowering my chances of harm, I would fear Holmes more, myself.
I suppose it depends on whether you expect to be the target of someone’s ideology.
Kaczynski targeted mostly people in technical fields (science professors, grad students, and people in the computer business). Anders Breivik, who copied parts of Kaczynski’s manifesto in his own, targeted mostly members of a particular political party.