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The parent commenter probably read this book: https://www.gitbook.com/book/hintjens/psychopathcode/details https://www.gitbook.com/book/hintjens/psychopathcode/
by Kluny 9y ago
The parent commenter probably read this book: https://www.gitbook.com/book/hintjens/psychopathcode/details https://www.gitbook.com/book/hintjens/psychopathcode/details
I read it to. The thesis is basically that - societal norms are designed to make it easy for normal people to notice psychopaths and avoid them. The book is pretty convincing, I'd give it a look. I didn't notice too many numbers or studies quoted in it, though.
Presented without evidence though, parent commenter's statement may be hard to believe.
- hammock 9y agoOne aspect of a rule is that it serves as a test to highlight those who can't/won't follow it (a psychopath). But that's not the only function...
- Kluny 9y agoVery true, yeah.
- soundwave106 9y agoIn a way, I buy that. However, the problem with many religious / community "rules of order" is that they too often are based more on tribal patterns and/or irrational logic instead of evidence. Not only has that sometimes caused harm to harmless people "not in the tribe", but sometimes legitimate sociopaths have actually exploited "the rules and norms" to their end. (A particularly notorious example of the later that I can think of is Ted Bundy.) Agreed with the idea that religion does foster a sense of community. If you can get that without the nasty tribalism side effects you sometimes see from it, it would work.