Michael Mosley moves fans to tears as clip from final recorded interview emerges: 'He came across so happy!'
Mosley's final interview was filmed on May 25th
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A clip from the late doctor Michael Mosley's final interview has left fans emotional after the BBC shared a poignant conversation from May's Hay Festival, which the 67-year-old attended.
Mosley appeared cheerful and chatty as he spoke to Professor Paul Bloom in a clip shared to BBC Radio 4's Instagram page.
The interview was filmed on May 25, just days before Mosley's disappearance and subsequent death on the Greek island of Symi was reported.
He explained that he had taken a personality test, with his wife and other loved ones taking the same test and answering as though they were him.
Mosley explained his wife Clare seemed to know him best, even more so than himself.
"The people who know you best will tend to agree with you, agree with each other on how you stand on the big five," Bloom explained.
"And again, the heavy idea which comes from psychology is that that people around you could know more about you than you yourself know.
"Because you have all of these biases, these self-serving biases that could lead you to the wrong perception of yourself."
Mosley went on to admit: "One of the scarier experiments I got involved with a while back was I felt did a personality test to see how warm engaging and lovely I am and it turned out by self-reporting I am a lovely warm, engaging person.
"But as part of it, they also strapped me in a brain scanner and they showed me images of someone being hit by a ruler.
"And then they hit me with a ruler. And what they said is there's a bit of a mismatch. So I said, 'What were the results?'
"The psychologist said, 'I'd send your wife out of the room at this point - according to this test, I'm a bit of a psychopath.'
"Is that a good insight is that going to help me in any way to meet a richer, fuller life?"
Thankfully, the professor seemed to put Mosley's fears to ease by replying: "You know, Jon Ronson, who wrote a wonderful book called Psychopaths says if you're worried that you're a psychopath, you're not a psychopath.
"So the very fact you're a little bit worried about that means you're free. Real psychopaths know that they're psychopaths. I find the mind is the brain, all of our thinking, emotions, desires - everything is in here.
"But brain scanning methods at this time are so crude. The pen and paper tests do better.
"And certainly the testimony of people who know you and love you is a lot better than whether part of your hippocampus lights up when you see something. So relax."
Responding to Mosley's sigh of relief, fans flocked to the comments to express how much they enjoyed the conversation and share their condolences at his death.
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Mosley died earlier this month during a holiday in Greece
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"And what a final video this is, Michael came across so happy and excited during this interview - my goodness he has left a massive void but we should all be so grateful for his wisdom and knowledge. Thank you Dr Michael, thank you," one wrote.
Another penned: "I still can’t believe we have lost this amazing man. His poor family," along with a crying emoji.
Also indicating emotion with crying faces, another wrote: "Such a wonderful man. And through the power of social media we can all come together to put our feeling and thoughts on show. We can all stand and share everything we all felt about this wonderful doctor. Taken too soon. But left a fabulous legacy behind for us all."
"Dear Michael …. what a legacy you have left. We miss you already. Sending love and strength to your family X," another shared.
Someone else wrote: "What a truly wonderful chuckle Michael has. So desperately sad for his whole family and all of us who are the poorer for the loss of his infectious enthusiasm to pass on his knowledge for the good of us all. I don't think I've ever been so sad at the loss of someone I didn't even know and I think many thousands of people feel the same. What an incredible testament to an incredible man. I hope it brings some comfort to his wife and children to know what a massive difference he made."
"Such a sad loss to his family and the whole world," another stated, while someone else added: "You definitely were a warm and lovely person. It's devastating that you've gone." (sic)
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