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The article title "Serial Killers Should Fear This Algorithm" is naive since psychopaths do not feel emotions like fear or empathy, or at least not spontaneousl

The article title "Serial Killers Should Fear This Algorithm" is naive since psychopaths do not feel emotions like fear or empathy, or at least not spontaneously.[1] I've tried to test a psychopath in the wild using a word association psychoanalysis method[2], but they are hard to find. Hospitals would not divulge names (no surprise there) and many psychopaths are senior corporate professionals who run successful companies.[3] [1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-empathic-brain/201307/inside-the-mind-psychopath-empathic-not-always https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-empathic-brain/2013... [2] https://criticalstimulus.com/ https://criticalstimulus.com/ [3] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/1-in-5-ceos-are-psychopaths-australian-study-finds/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/1-in-5-ceos-are-p...

purple-again 10y ago
Your assertion that you have to be a psychopath to be a serial killer is unsupported. The unabomber was as capable of fear as the rest of us.
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wmil 10y ago
A serial killer who strangles women is probably a "Lust Killer" and not a psychopath. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_serial_killers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_serial_killers
- abiox 10y ago
  > a "Lust Killer" and not a psychopath are these exclusive notions?
LordKano 10y ago
Even one who is incapable of feeling fear probably should fear the means by which he could be caught.
mattkrause 10y ago
If we're going to be pedantic, even psychopathic serial killers should fear it, even if they don't.... Anyway, hospitals certainly won't divulge patient lists to random folks off the street. However, if you're a researcher, there are definitely procedures for getting access to all kinds of patients and patient data. It certainly helps to have a relevant affiliation, if only for guidance and help with the paperwork, but if you really want to try this, I'm sure there's a way to make it happen.
sandworm101 10y ago
They dont meen the emotion of fear. They mean the logic of avoiding something to promote your interests. Psychopaths might not feel fear, but they tend to jump out of the way of busses anyway. Fearing death is separate from not wanting to die. But a third party would say that the psycopath does fear the bus in that he still avoids it, an identical behavior to those who are truly afraid.

purple-again 10y ago

Your assertion that you have to be a psychopath to be a serial killer is unsupported. The unabomber was as capable of fear as the rest of us.

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wmil 10y ago

A serial killer who strangles women is probably a "Lust Killer" and not a psychopath. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_serial_killers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_serial_killers

abiox 10y ago
> a "Lust Killer" and not a psychopath are these exclusive notions?

LordKano 10y ago

Even one who is incapable of feeling fear probably should fear the means by which he could be caught.

mattkrause 10y ago

If we're going to be pedantic, even psychopathic serial killers should fear it, even if they don't.... Anyway, hospitals certainly won't divulge patient lists to random folks off the street. However, if you're a researcher, there are definitely procedures for getting access to all kinds of patients and patient data. It certainly helps to have a relevant affiliation, if only for guidance and help with the paperwork, but if you really want to try this, I'm sure there's a way to make it happen.

sandworm101 10y ago

They dont meen the emotion of fear. They mean the logic of avoiding something to promote your interests. Psychopaths might not feel fear, but they tend to jump out of the way of busses anyway. Fearing death is separate from not wanting to die. But a third party would say that the psycopath does fear the bus in that he still avoids it, an identical behavior to those who are truly afraid.