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What about highly intelligent psychopaths? https://www.spring.org.uk/2022/12/high-functioning-psychopaths.php https://www.spring.org.uk/2022/12/high-functionin
by smiley1437 2y ago
What about highly intelligent psychopaths?
https://www.spring.org.uk/2022/12/high-functioning-psychopaths.php https://www.spring.org.uk/2022/12/high-functioning-psychopat...
Maybe some of those highly intelligent people are good at pretending to be generous, thoughtful, and kind because it helps achieve their goals.
- stonethrowaway 2y agoI think in the coming years we’ll agree that the notion of a psychopath as described/defined by pop science was completely off base and made up mostly to discredit opponents in one way or another. First, however, we have to find a valid substitution so we can swing to the next branch before the plebs catch on that we were making shit up. Like most of pop psych.
- mjfl 2y agoSome of it is probably real, like repeat offenders of predatory crime. If you've done multiple violent robberies there's probably something in your brain off that allows you to do all that. There's a predatory ecological niche in every society. Very common in nature too. Altruism is less common than predation in nature, it seems. Though in the workspace, you may be onto something.
- stonethrowaway 2y agoUsed to be fashionable to accuse people of lacking empathy, or better yet, to describe yourself as an “empath” - because clearly everyone else isn’t. Hopefully that bullshit virtue signalling went away.
- theGnuMe 2y ago"to accuse people of lacking empathy" is basic projection. If you actually had empathy you'd feel for someone lacking in empathy.
- Teever 2y agoWhy wouldn't there be psychopaths in the workplace? The way I see it there's a selection bias at play here. The kind of psychopaths who are repeat offenders are the ones who get caught, so of course we notice them. We don't notice the ones who don't get caught. That doesn't mean that they're any less ruthless and destructive to society -- they're just lucky / more functional. In my mind I view white collar crime to be the greatest evil in society because it is the thing that enables all of the petty/violent crime that we abhor. Part of the reason that it's so evil to me is for that very reason, and that the perpetrators of it are able to pass themselves off as functional individuals who participate in society like you and I do, and are able to use the system against itself to perpetuate their crimes.
- svnt 2y agoThe mark of the actual master is that almost no one can identify them, and the people who can are so rare as to probabilistically not appear in smaller companies. They “run” the company without the appearance of doing so. If someone does appear who can identify them, they are quickly exited from the company via various means depending on the individual: pair them with a particularly distasteful partner/manager, make their job impossible via passive means, or enable them to humiliate themselves. The only real symptom is that there is no one around them that competes with them in their self-perceived core competency, and they never seem to put a foot wrong. Once the are in a high position, anyone who complains about their behavior is said to be attempting to climb.
- farts_mckensy 2y agoIf you've ever met a psychopath and seen their true colors, you will undoubtedly be convinced it's a real phenomenon. I have had the unfortunate experience of dealing with one myself. He showed all the hallmark signs. He urinated the bed frequently. He harmed animals when he was young. Specifically, he swung his pet gerbil around by the tail until the tail was severed. He threw a baby rabbit against a stop sign and killed it while his poor younger brother watched. He has grown up to be incredibly sadistic to the point where everyone I know has completely cut him off. I hope you never run into one. When you are talking to someone you believe to be decent, and you eventually realize what they are, what you're dealing with, it is a truly chilling experience.
- theGnuMe 2y agoWhat does urinating the bed have to do with it?
- svnt 2y agoIt doesn’t.
- throwaway48476 2y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macdonald_triad https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macdonald_triad
- svnt 2y agoYes, that is dated and hasn’t been supported by more recent science.
- throwaway48476 2y agoRecent psychology has been suffering from the replication crisis.
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- fnordpiglet 2y ago“Being X is a sign of Y” doesn’t imply “Being Y is a sign of X.”
- 11235813213455 2y agoexactly, (X => Y) <=> (!Y => !X) should be more known
- drdeca 2y agoEh? (P(X|Y)>P(X) iff P(Y|X)>P(Y)) whenever all the relevant probabilities (P(X), P(Y), P(X and Y), etc.) are strictly positive and strictly less than 1. Now, X might be much stronger evidence for Y than Y is for X, but if Y is evidence for X, then (assuming the previously mentioned assumption) then X is evidence for Y, even if only very weak.
- fnordpiglet 2y agoYes but the comment being responded to stated “but there are Y that are not X” which was categorical.
- drdeca 2y agoSorry, I don’t understand this point. What’s the interpretation of your previous message (in light of that) which makes it true?
- theGnuMe 2y agoSo if you are _not_ someone with an antisocial personality disorder and you go to therapy like couples therapy you basically learn that you need to be kind and thoughtful even if your partner is not and compliment them and it basically rubs off on them. It's also the way you make friends etc... It's the basic psychological principle that you need to give to the world what you wish to receive. It is counterintuitive. I'd guess that this would be the treatment program for APDs as well except that the APD may short circuit the reciprocal reward program.
- theGnuMe 2y agoAnd that's why a therapist will try to really make sure you are not in an abusive relationship as well.