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While the concept of psychopathy is interesting, people shouldn't be lulled into believing that this category is more well defined than it really is. E.g. peop

While the concept of psychopathy is interesting, people shouldn't be lulled into believing that this category is more well defined than it really is. E.g. people often associate psychopathy with criminality, and yet only the part of the psychopathy test that directly relates to past criminal behavior, is predictive of future criminal behavior. I feel like psychopathy as a category is almost made for people who want an easy answer for the relationship between science and morality.

xk_id 13y ago
Wow, your last comment struck a chord in me. And it also reminded me of this incredible quote of A. N. Whitehead, the prominent mathematician: "Pitiless indeed are the processes of Time and Creative Thought and Logic; they respect the convenience of none, nor the love of things held sacred. Yet their work is the increasing glory of a world, - the production of psychic light, - the growth of knowledge, - the advancement of understanding, - the enlargement of human life, - the emancipation of Man." How about that?