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Dr. Marissa Harrison

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Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Sure. I'm not sure about... Okay, so I can tell you what. Again, they said I was stupid, blind, uneducated. I mustn't have looked at the correct data. I must be on the side of the crown. I am half British, but I'm a United States citizen. I'm down with the crown. They're cool, but I have nothing to do with the case that they presented.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Sure. I'm not sure about... Okay, so I can tell you what. Again, they said I was stupid, blind, uneducated. I mustn't have looked at the correct data. I must be on the side of the crown. I am half British, but I'm a United States citizen. I'm down with the crown. They're cool, but I have nothing to do with the case that they presented.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

And again, like I said, they even said they don't like my American accent. Okay, well... Cheers. Cheers to that. Now, why they would do that? I mean, people just when when somebody is convinced something is true, they dig their heels in. And even in the face of contrary evidence, they might dig in even further.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

And again, like I said, they even said they don't like my American accent. Okay, well... Cheers. Cheers to that. Now, why they would do that? I mean, people just when when somebody is convinced something is true, they dig their heels in. And even in the face of contrary evidence, they might dig in even further.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

And again, like I said, they even said they don't like my American accent. Okay, well... Cheers. Cheers to that. Now, why they would do that? I mean, people just when when somebody is convinced something is true, they dig their heels in. And even in the face of contrary evidence, they might dig in even further.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

And instead of addressing the message, as you know, an ad hominem attack, they'll attack the person that that delivered the news. I'm just giving an opinion. Now, I also think I wonder why. Seriously, I wonder if I were a male researcher delivering this news, if the receipt of such and the response to such would be different. I'm not sure.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

And instead of addressing the message, as you know, an ad hominem attack, they'll attack the person that that delivered the news. I'm just giving an opinion. Now, I also think I wonder why. Seriously, I wonder if I were a male researcher delivering this news, if the receipt of such and the response to such would be different. I'm not sure.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

And instead of addressing the message, as you know, an ad hominem attack, they'll attack the person that that delivered the news. I'm just giving an opinion. Now, I also think I wonder why. Seriously, I wonder if I were a male researcher delivering this news, if the receipt of such and the response to such would be different. I'm not sure.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Sure, absolutely. So I'm sure there are many, many factors that go into why somebody might be interested in that phenomenon and the level to which somebody is interested in that phenomenon. Me coming from an evolutionary perspective, because I'm a trained evolutionary psychologist, just what you said, morbid curiosity. So I do believe morbid curiosity informs protective vigilance.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Sure, absolutely. So I'm sure there are many, many factors that go into why somebody might be interested in that phenomenon and the level to which somebody is interested in that phenomenon. Me coming from an evolutionary perspective, because I'm a trained evolutionary psychologist, just what you said, morbid curiosity. So I do believe morbid curiosity informs protective vigilance.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Sure, absolutely. So I'm sure there are many, many factors that go into why somebody might be interested in that phenomenon and the level to which somebody is interested in that phenomenon. Me coming from an evolutionary perspective, because I'm a trained evolutionary psychologist, just what you said, morbid curiosity. So I do believe morbid curiosity informs protective vigilance.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

What does that mean? We are pre-programmed to pay attention to the things that could hurt us. Like, wow, look at that, right? If anybody has ever, heaven forbid, passed a traffic accident, right? You're paying attention to it, can't keep your eyes off it. I think we are literally genetically pre-programmed to pay attention to the things that could hurt us so that we can take in information.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

What does that mean? We are pre-programmed to pay attention to the things that could hurt us. Like, wow, look at that, right? If anybody has ever, heaven forbid, passed a traffic accident, right? You're paying attention to it, can't keep your eyes off it. I think we are literally genetically pre-programmed to pay attention to the things that could hurt us so that we can take in information.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

What does that mean? We are pre-programmed to pay attention to the things that could hurt us. Like, wow, look at that, right? If anybody has ever, heaven forbid, passed a traffic accident, right? You're paying attention to it, can't keep your eyes off it. I think we are literally genetically pre-programmed to pay attention to the things that could hurt us so that we can take in information.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

And I do want to add that this is very likely all unconscious, right? You're not going to say, oh my goodness, let me watch this latest documentary on John Wayne Gacy so that I can make sure he doesn't hurt me. He's dead. Right? So I just think it's part of human nature to pay attention to the things that can harm us. So I, I started studying myself.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

And I do want to add that this is very likely all unconscious, right? You're not going to say, oh my goodness, let me watch this latest documentary on John Wayne Gacy so that I can make sure he doesn't hurt me. He's dead. Right? So I just think it's part of human nature to pay attention to the things that can harm us. So I, I started studying myself.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

And I do want to add that this is very likely all unconscious, right? You're not going to say, oh my goodness, let me watch this latest documentary on John Wayne Gacy so that I can make sure he doesn't hurt me. He's dead. Right? So I just think it's part of human nature to pay attention to the things that can harm us. So I, I started studying myself.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

I started studying female serial murder or serial murder because I was interested in it. I have traditionally studied romantic attraction between men and women. One of my friends, Dr. Thomas Bowers was conducting a project on mass murder and, And I said, hey, Tom, can I be on your team? I can add some evolutionary, you know, opinions to that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

I started studying female serial murder or serial murder because I was interested in it. I have traditionally studied romantic attraction between men and women. One of my friends, Dr. Thomas Bowers was conducting a project on mass murder and, And I said, hey, Tom, can I be on your team? I can add some evolutionary, you know, opinions to that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Modern Wisdom
#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

I started studying female serial murder or serial murder because I was interested in it. I have traditionally studied romantic attraction between men and women. One of my friends, Dr. Thomas Bowers was conducting a project on mass murder and, And I said, hey, Tom, can I be on your team? I can add some evolutionary, you know, opinions to that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.