This episode’s guest is M.E. Thomas, author of Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight https://amzn.to/4flK4Uq

In this debut episode — “Representation Matters, Just Not For Us” — host Lillyth Quillan sits down with M.E. Thomas to explore how autism and psychopathy mirror each other, why psychopathy might serve a real purpose in human societies, and what, exactly, “chicken people” are.

Guest contact: sociopathworld@gmail.com

Full episode sources, citations, and links (research cited, books mentioned, interviews referenced, and more):

https://combatingconductdisorderwordpress.com/2026/07/18/representation-

matters-just-not-for-us/

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In veritate, mutatio: in truth, change.

In this trailer, host Lillyth Quillan introduces Fearful Symmetry: The Psychopathy Spectrum Podcast — a show built on the idea that psychopathy, like autism, may not be a defect to cure, but a naturally occurring neurotype. Our first full episode will feature a conversation with M.E. Thomas, author of Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight, discussing how autism and psychopathy mirror each other, why psychopathy might serve a purpose in human societies, and what, exactly, “chicken people” are.