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Re:Letter from a psychopath by bluekeybox on Monday October 10, 2011 @04:03PM (#3095536)
You have it completely backwards. A psychopath would likely claim that she/he cares about some "larger" common good while backstabbing all of the closest partners.
Re:Letter from a psychopath by Cushman on Monday October 10, 2011 @04:35PM (#3095691)
Well, there's nothing about psychopaths which makes them inherently more predictable than everyone else. That's what the article was about, yeah?
Re:Letter from a psychopath by bluekeybox on Monday October 10, 2011 @04:57PM (#3095816)
It's by the definition of psychopath as someone who lacks empathy that my argument follows. It is not a normal human condition to feel empathy for large/abstract groups of people. Most people I know do not feel deeply and profoundly sad for millions who died during a war or a famine, while most of them do experience intense sadness when a person close to them or one they identify with dies. Any empathy expressed for large groups of people is typically of an intellectual kind, a political/machiavellian tactic undertaken only when observed by others, something quite close to what a psychopath would do.