Q. Are psychopaths insane?
3) Psychopaths aren’t crazy. Psychopathy is a personality disorder, not a mental disorder. Hallucinations and other signs of mental illness usually portrayed as part of psychopathy are actually severe psychosis, or a loss of one’s sense of reality.
Q. Who said insanity is repeating the same thing?
Albert Einstein’s
AP Photo We’ve all heard Albert Einstein’s famous line: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Q. Which is the best medical definition of insanity?
Medical Definition of insanity. 2 law : unsoundness of mind or lack of the ability to understand that prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or that releases one from criminal or civil responsibility.
Q. What did Albert Einstein say about the definition of insanity?
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”. We’ve all probably heard this quote, most frequently attributed to Albert Einstein. It’s one of those nuggets that gets repeated so often that it’s taken without question, but there is actually no evidence that Einstein ever said it.
Q. Can a criminal defendant assert an insanity defense?
Criminal Insanity. Generally speaking, criminal insanity is understood as a mental defect or disease that makes it impossible for a defendant to understand their actions, or to understand that their actions are wrong. A defendant found to be criminally insane can assert an insanity defense.
Q. Is it insanity to do the same thing over and over?
I would argue that largely, no. At worst, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is foolish. You could accuse the person of poor judgement or of sluggishly learning from their mistakes, but as unfortunate as being foolish is it’s hardly insane.
