Question for sociopaths

[TimberWolf]

Is a sociopath able to answer those questions accurately or truthfully though? Someone like Blair for instance may be so far gone that he couldn't recognise his own lies and manipulations. Ditto for a lot of world leaders, perhaps especially of middle eastern origin.

[OwlHoot]

32% sociopath - Is that all?! Good grief that's verging on bedwetter

[SimonMac]

64% I can live with that, I assume high numbers are good?

[PRC1964]

I'm colour blind, and for that reason I hate you, your family and anyone who has ever met you.

[RSoles]

Is a sociopath able to answer those questions accurately or truthfully though? Someone like Blair for instance may be so far gone that he couldn't recognise his own lies and manipulations. Ditto for a lot of world leaders, perhaps especially of middle eastern origin.

Hmmm, so they might score something like 4% eh?


Shoite......

[xoggoth]

Sociopath, Blair etc. Some may assume that is a facetious association. Not so sure.

A few years back a prominent US psychologist released a paper that said that some leaders were so far off the scale of normality in terms of their egotism that they are every bit as abnormal as some who are certifiably insane, that their sense of self worth is as far from normality, albeit in the opposite direction, as that of the alcoholic tramp who spends his life lying in the gutter.

Curiously, I have never been able to find this study on Google since. Doubtless that psychiatrist is also in some hedge with his wrists slit. Be careful what you say.

People who believe in conspiracy theories are often denounced as nutters. Mostly they are. On the other hand, they are probably saner than those who constantly dismiss them. Many of our lords and masters are everything they are accused of being and worse.

[EternalOptimist]

mine said 'Fck off Mother Theresa, we know you are dead'

[EternalOptimist]

Sociopath, Blair etc. Some may assume that is a facetious association. Not so sure.

A few years back a prominent US psychologist released a paper that said that some leaders were so far off the scale of normality in terms of their egotism that they are every bit as abnormal as some who are certifiably insane, that their sense of self worth is as far from normality, albeit in the opposite direction, as that of the alcoholic tramp who spends his life lying in the gutter.

Curiously, I have never been able to find this study on Google since. Doubtless that psychiatrist is also in some hedge with his wrists slit. Be careful what you say.

People who believe in conspiracy theories are often denounced as nutters. Mostly they are. On the other hand, they are probably saner than those who constantly dismiss them. Many of our lords and masters are everything they are accused of being and worse.

If you want to get down to the nitty gritty, what you are really saying is that EVERY human psychological trait, even the ones that are rightfully tabboo, may, at some point may be neccessary for the common good. (survival)

murder
cannibalism
rape
incest
peado
socialism

no - forget socialism

to be honest, it wouldnt be too hard to find historical evidence for all this

[norrahe]

Hmmm!

Wouldn't a sociopath lie to get a low score on this just so no one would identify them as a sociopath?

Just thinking...............

[xoggoth]

what you are really saying is

Probably. I always think Meercat Manor is a great picture of human society although we like to pretend otherwise. You protect themselves, their offspring and their tribe, and kill others when threatened. Not quite defending that, intelligence should provide some improvements on basic instincts for survival, but, since those instincts are still there, I think we have departed far too far from them. We should work with them, not ignore them.