Conscience Dysfunction Syndrome: The Modern Cases of Trump, Putin, Madoff and Musk
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Abstract
This article suggests that the neural supercircuitry of the prefrontal cortical Self-Ken, central medium of the human Soul, can undergo pathophysiological changes leading to Conscience Dysfunction Syndrome. The four symptoms of this syndrome appear to be: Abnormal Conscience, Abandoned Mission, Abused Will and Deformed Identity. These symptoms were examined with looking at the cases of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Bernard Madoff and Elon Musk, as their lives—which they chose to be public—unfolded or still unfold in the digital media of billions of people with impact on the societies of all. The article was not written against these individuals, but for a future preferring freedom and decency.
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