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The Academy of Prediction

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de Becker, G. (2021). The Academy of Prediction. In de Becker, G. The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence. Back Bay Books, pp. 46-59

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So, even in a gathering of aberrant murderers there is something of you and me. When we accept this, we are more likely to recognize the rapist who tries to con his way into our home, the child molester who applies to be a baby-sitter, the spousal killer at the office, the assassin in the crowd. When we accept that violence is committed by people who look and act like people, we silence the voice of denial, the voice that whispers, “This guy doesn’t look like a killer.”

—p.50 by Gavin de Becker 4 hours, 34 minutes ago

So, even in a gathering of aberrant murderers there is something of you and me. When we accept this, we are more likely to recognize the rapist who tries to con his way into our home, the child molester who applies to be a baby-sitter, the spousal killer at the office, the assassin in the crowd. When we accept that violence is committed by people who look and act like people, we silence the voice of denial, the voice that whispers, “This guy doesn’t look like a killer.”

—p.50 by Gavin de Becker 4 hours, 34 minutes ago