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mopinko

(70,112 posts)
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 11:24 AM Oct 2017

i hope that as part of the autopsy on the shooter, [View all]

they carefully examine his brain, and any meds he was taking that might have impacted his brain function.

from what they are saying, the guy is not the prototypical "angry loner".
there have been a couple of shooters like this who turned out to have brain tumors.
they are saying he had been gambling heavily, something that is associated w dopamine treatment for parkinsons.

the idea that the mind and the brain are 2 different things is an absurdity that really, really annoys me.

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