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I wish I could trust The Psychopath Test

Ronson lacks rigour

Jon Ronson is a very good storyteller. He's that bloke wot wrote The Psychopath Test, where he goes and chats with people who adorn their ludicrous mansions with ludicrously large numbers of tiger statues. I read nearly the whole book in one sitting, because I was gripped and fascinated.

I'm also not convinced I learned much about psychopaths.

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