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I think it's more than that. I got a vibe that something wasn't right with the guy just looking at the first picture of him and pushed aside the feeling believi

I think it's more than that. I got a vibe that something wasn't right with the guy just looking at the first picture of him and pushed aside the feeling believing it to be just an old picture. Then, at the very beginning of the article, there's a bit where one of the producers said that something didn't feel right about the guy but they couldn't quite put their finger on it. That's one of the biggest tell-tale signs of a sociopath. I couldn't piece together much about his personality from the article, but I'd bet a Jackson that this guy was a sociopath.

meric 11y ago
He is what he is. Everyone here knows he's not the type who would work well in a career, have a best friend who he meets every week for a beer, marry his girlfriend and have 2.2 kids. What do you achieve by calling him a sociopath? Everyone has their place in this society, even if it's to punish TV shows and radio programs who don't do randomisation properly. He was an arbitrageur for TV programs. What have we to gain by calling him a sociopath?..Not like you have to be friends with him. He made his winnings from a TV show, fair and square, even if contrived.
DanBC 11y ago
"I don't know what I'm talking about, but this guy feels off, and I don't like that, so rather than examining my own biases and predjudices and irrationalities I'm going to use mental health language to give him a (controversial, relatively new) diagnosis from thecomfort of my armchair". This attitude fucking sucks.
- kefka 11y ago
  Better classified, and as a non-psychiatric condition: He's just a businessman.
  - mahranch 11y ago
    And the best businessmen (CEOs) have the highest amount of sociopaths than any other profession: http://mic.com/articles/44423/10-professions-that-attract-the-most-sociopaths http://mic.com/articles/44423/10-professions-that-attract-th... Being a great businessman doesn't mean he's less likely to be a sociopath, it actually probably means he's more likely.
    - kefka 11y ago
      The only time it would be a disability is if it really is a dis-ability. I do not consider sociopathy to be debilitating all the time. The same can be said for claustrophobia. A mild form of it produces discomfort the person can control. Severe cases would qualify for more drastic treatments. So, it may be true there are more sociopaths in business. I would not refute that. But whether the sociopathy is debilitating is to be examined. And that, I would assume require assessing the individual if they are happy with their life.
- mahranch 11y ago
  I quoted the producer of the show, so it wasn't just my own preconceptions. I was pointing out how I felt the same vibe that he did, even before I read the article. I doubt it was just a coincidence. And it's nice of you to try and generalize away my point by calling me some sort of armchair psychologist. I was just stating my observations from reading the article. I didn't outright call the guy a sociopath; I said I would bet money on it though. > This attitude fucking sucks. Recognizing sociopaths and other personality oddities is not a "sucky" attitude. It's a self-defense mechanism.

meric 11y ago

He is what he is. Everyone here knows he's not the type who would work well in a career, have a best friend who he meets every week for a beer, marry his girlfriend and have 2.2 kids. What do you achieve by calling him a sociopath? Everyone has their place in this society, even if it's to punish TV shows and radio programs who don't do randomisation properly. He was an arbitrageur for TV programs. What have we to gain by calling him a sociopath?..Not like you have to be friends with him. He made his winnings from a TV show, fair and square, even if contrived.

DanBC 11y ago

"I don't know what I'm talking about, but this guy feels off, and I don't like that, so rather than examining my own biases and predjudices and irrationalities I'm going to use mental health language to give him a (controversial, relatively new) diagnosis from thecomfort of my armchair". This attitude fucking sucks.

kefka 11y ago
Better classified, and as a non-psychiatric condition: He's just a businessman.
- mahranch 11y ago
  And the best businessmen (CEOs) have the highest amount of sociopaths than any other profession: http://mic.com/articles/44423/10-professions-that-attract-the-most-sociopaths http://mic.com/articles/44423/10-professions-that-attract-th... Being a great businessman doesn't mean he's less likely to be a sociopath, it actually probably means he's more likely.
  - kefka 11y ago
    The only time it would be a disability is if it really is a dis-ability. I do not consider sociopathy to be debilitating all the time. The same can be said for claustrophobia. A mild form of it produces discomfort the person can control. Severe cases would qualify for more drastic treatments. So, it may be true there are more sociopaths in business. I would not refute that. But whether the sociopathy is debilitating is to be examined. And that, I would assume require assessing the individual if they are happy with their life.
mahranch 11y ago
I quoted the producer of the show, so it wasn't just my own preconceptions. I was pointing out how I felt the same vibe that he did, even before I read the article. I doubt it was just a coincidence. And it's nice of you to try and generalize away my point by calling me some sort of armchair psychologist. I was just stating my observations from reading the article. I didn't outright call the guy a sociopath; I said I would bet money on it though. > This attitude fucking sucks. Recognizing sociopaths and other personality oddities is not a "sucky" attitude. It's a self-defense mechanism.