tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post7704490160310498020..comments2024-03-28T00:33:57.308-07:00Comments on Sociopath World: The science of evilUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-47600302051438148912016-09-19T20:00:45.224-07:002016-09-19T20:00:45.224-07:00Empathy isn't needed for morals to exist. Symp...Empathy isn't needed for morals to exist. Sympathy, functional analogues of sympathy, and logic can often be used instead. Functional analogues of sympathy are often far more effective for maximizing total average well being than empathy is, as hyperthymics and empaths are often selfish and cowards. Feeling others emotions usually get in the way of fair judgement and justice. Logic and reasoning are often better for helping others effectively. Kill all hyperthymics and manic narcissists! They're utility monsters! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-79290403204993617132015-05-16T23:27:50.564-07:002015-05-16T23:27:50.564-07:00As a spiritual person, I often wonder what the pur...As a spiritual person, I often wonder what the purpose of sociopaths is in that realm. I will probably never know while I am alive, but I am curious nonetheless. I've read a lot of hate stuff too though, and I guess because I am an empath, I think back on the times when my feels have been turned off, and I found it empty. The only thing I wanted in that time was to rekindle my relationship with God so I could get my feels back somehow. I have been slowly accruing them again, and it just astounds me the difference it made. I did not feel alive, but I suppose if I had always been like that, I would probably have just gone about my life and been fine with surviving. I'm not sure what it is that made it so awful, and I am not sure why I wish all other humans could feel it too. But that's the way it is. I can't hate sociopaths though. I just am glad that I'm not one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-91263630004826937332014-12-20T03:07:00.301-08:002014-12-20T03:07:00.301-08:00you're a piece of shit duesche bag!you're a piece of shit duesche bag!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-12930434317905550482014-12-19T21:36:29.459-08:002014-12-19T21:36:29.459-08:00DoctorSciFi | I did, but as it usually happens, wh...DoctorSciFi | I did, but as it usually happens, which is quite alright, interpretations differ from one person to another. |D. Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227520179515152173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-9213319954830893042014-12-19T20:39:44.772-08:002014-12-19T20:39:44.772-08:00"Volke's mother told Yahoo! News that the..."Volke's mother told Yahoo! News that there was no indication there was anything wrong with her son. She also had no idea he met Prasetyo -- a transgender cabaret dancer -- while working as a chef on an international cruise ship." Um that's why he cooked her/him.Dr. Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-41830960282837989892014-12-19T15:18:56.796-08:002014-12-19T15:18:56.796-08:00MP and D. Webb, I'm glad you both found that o...MP and D. Webb, I'm glad you both found that of interest:)DoctorSciFihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423928917489228542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-22767472746576816282014-12-19T14:09:51.407-08:002014-12-19T14:09:51.407-08:00Dr. SciFi, the "A Rorschach test for psycholo...Dr. SciFi, the "A Rorschach test for psychologists" is very interesting, because it's true, the person judges through their own lenses on reality, so we need a multi angle type of diagnosis that includes the assessment of the evaluator, not so unilateral. Morbid Polarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-60956906756049514432014-12-19T14:06:07.612-08:002014-12-19T14:06:07.612-08:00And M.E. has mentioned that she's hundreds of ...And M.E. has mentioned that she's hundreds of e-mails behind on reading them so... Morbid Polarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-34317477478298650882014-12-19T10:26:29.812-08:002014-12-19T10:26:29.812-08:00hi Sceli, I encountered both failure and successe...hi Sceli, I encountered both failure and successes along the way. When one spends a great deal of your life with your nose in books or deeply embedded in abstract problems one is not doing other things -- that's true. Also the social environment I lived and worked in was rather rarified... <br /><br />On the other hand, anything that you do, means that you don't do other things. I don't feel that real life passed me by. I am not sure where a feeling like that would come from.DoctorSciFihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423928917489228542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-8187639032707249752014-12-19T07:26:50.640-08:002014-12-19T07:26:50.640-08:00Hi Dr. G,
I just found this in the Huffingluepost...Hi Dr. G,<br /><br />I just found this in the Huffingluepost - what's with the Ausies and cooking their victims? I know the place started as a prison colony...<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/06/chef-cooks-girlfriend-marcus-volke_n_5940150.html?cps=gravity_2446_-9178407404107832854HLHallernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-65079565915514611342014-12-19T04:59:24.693-08:002014-12-19T04:59:24.693-08:00I forgot to say that I have a very plastic persona...I forgot to say that I have a very plastic personality and I can "identify" myself with many people.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-46551316209059722782014-12-19T04:52:33.809-08:002014-12-19T04:52:33.809-08:00Well... I also have faked emotions since very youn...Well... I also have faked emotions since very young. I also had known that I'm different from the other people when it comes to feeling emotions. I also have cravings to hurt and even kill someone, for example, my brother. I also can lie and manipulate (not so good in the last, I think) and I don't feel any guilt about that. I also get bored very easily with things and people - I have friends, but I had used them to talk about myself, but when I got bored, I got focused on making friends with other people. The strange here is that I mostly think about this making of friends, without actually doing it.<br /><br />I also am not interested in holidays or topics like murders or other bad things that happen in the way that normal people do. The holidays for me are equal to presents and food, and I take the bad news as something funny, because I laugh to them. And, again connected to the lack of empathy, when a friend comes to me and say something bad that happened to them i fake emotions and try to get as much information as possible.<br /><br />P. S. I also stalk people on Facebook and in real life.<br /><br />Does this make sense to you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-7596737088659481912014-12-19T02:41:03.291-08:002014-12-19T02:41:03.291-08:00Yes, I know, but I thought this way would be more ...Yes, I know, but I thought this way would be more classy :)Morbid Polarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-68378099983551244132014-12-19T00:08:36.530-08:002014-12-19T00:08:36.530-08:00Good on ya!
The killer women doc was fun - the ...Good on ya! <br /><br />The killer women doc was fun - the Austrian Angles of Death Club was particularly interesting. The actress playing the gal with the knives did not know the first thing about using them - <br /><br />I was trying to find the actual movie, but all I could find was the trailer - Suburban Mayhem.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abOIcOitnxg<br /><br />I recall thinking, "I honestly don't know if I want to shoot this chick or fuck her." I thought the character was pulled off fairly well given that response...HLHallernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-41559701102998689922014-12-18T22:22:01.316-08:002014-12-18T22:22:01.316-08:00DoctorSciFi, the broader subject that I've bee...DoctorSciFi, the broader subject that I've been researching has to do with Autism Spectrum Disorder and its correlation to schizophrenia, focusing on the difference between its manifestation in the male versus the female brain. In other words, why is this correlation present in males, but not so much in females? It turns out that females with autism spectrum disorder don't develop schizophrenia, or it's not as prevalent in them. I have yet to find a great deal of information on this subject, but nonetheless, my focus has been more on the male side of the equation. <br /><br />Thanks for sending me the link to the post -- and your thoughts -- this discussion becoming more interesting as we delve deeper into it. As I read through it, this particular paragraph has caught my attention:<br /><br />"The researchers emphasize that their findings are preliminary and need to be replicated and extended. But if they hold up, they have intriguing implications not only for the psychopathy measure but also for other psychological tests with elements of subjectivity in scoring or interpretation."<br /><br />I am presently reading the embedded links. So far, a couple of them sound quite interesting. <br /><br />D. Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227520179515152173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-42271658610775498482014-12-18T21:44:00.835-08:002014-12-18T21:44:00.835-08:00If you want to reach ME there is the contact tab a...If you want to reach ME there is the contact tab at the top to send her an email.DoctorSciFihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423928917489228542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-43284211543301388312014-12-18T21:34:14.819-08:002014-12-18T21:34:14.819-08:00Hi D. Webb, nice to meet you! What is the broader...Hi D. Webb, nice to meet you! What is the broader subject that you're researching, if you care to say? <br /><br />On a slightly different subject, I ran across an interesting blogger... one post -- sort of shows the difference between what happens in the real world and what happens in research and touches on the subject of Hare's contributions to civilization:) <br /><br />"Psychopathy: A Rorschach test for psychologists?<br />Compassion<br />Empathy<br />Impulsivity<br />Excitement-seeking<br /><br />What do these personality traits have in common?<br /><br />If you are high on any or all of them, you may be less likely to rate other people as psychopathic on the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R).<br /><br />The PCL-R is the most widely used measure of psychopathy in the world. But in real-world forensic settings, scores vary widely depending upon which side retained the evaluator. This finding is called the "partisan allegiance" effect.<br /><br />In a new twist, these same researchers that brought you partisan allegiance have found that an evaluator's personality may impact her judgments of psychopathy. Evaluators low on compassion and thrill-seeking as measured by a widely used personality test, the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised, are more likely than others to rate criminals as psychopathic.<br /><br />That’s ironic, because according to the theory of psychopathy, it's supposed to be the psychopath -- not the psychologist -- who has a deficit in empathy. ...<br /><br />http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.ca/2011/03/psychopathy-rorschach-test-for.htmlDoctorSciFihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423928917489228542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-78110186693048180252014-12-18T21:26:32.249-08:002014-12-18T21:26:32.249-08:00The challenge is what attracts me to do this, why ...The challenge is what attracts me to do this, why would I want to prove that smoking causes cancer or that you can prevent HIV by using condoms? Obesity research? Done that. You are what you eat. End of story. This is unexplored territory or shall I say, "clumsily explored thus far." I don't expect perfect research, just good enough to make some progress. Morbid Polarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-45680880063480128532014-12-18T21:04:29.648-08:002014-12-18T21:04:29.648-08:00DoctorSciFi, this is Anon, and I'm now called ...DoctorSciFi, this is Anon, and I'm now called D. Webb. I have been a Research Psychologist for ten years. It's a field that has always interested me. I am drawn to finding and analyzing the experiences and behaviors of individuals. <br /><br />You are an interesting poster, too, and I also thank you for your findings. They have provided me with additional, more specific insight into a broader subject that I've been researching for some time. Schizophrenia and AsPD are correlated, and it would be great to find out more about them. Discussing it here would hopefully provide further insight.<br />D. Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227520179515152173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-68921264366831156862014-12-18T20:53:41.910-08:002014-12-18T20:53:41.910-08:00I wish you the best in whatever your goals are, an...I wish you the best in whatever your goals are, and what you are trying to achieve which doesn't actually sound like publishable research. You have yet to explain how you will address the innumerable problems that would come with trying to legitimately study this population.Dr. Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-9038246535182744292014-12-18T20:43:11.242-08:002014-12-18T20:43:11.242-08:00This would not be a traditional research collabora...This would not be a traditional research collaboration, I would like to collaborate with M.E. to learn from her about ways to work with this population. I've read enough from them to know that they have questions about what constitutes a diagnosis among other debatable arguments and decided that we really need to collaborate with them to be able to answer THEIR questions and needs, not the researchers' ideals. This is how research really helps people, leave the research methodology to moi. M.E. If you read me say hi! ;)Morbid Polarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-78854372474302224472014-12-18T20:25:43.742-08:002014-12-18T20:25:43.742-08:00We're animals. Animals have two main drives: s...We're animals. Animals have two main drives: survive and pass on genes. <br /><br />We are the only animals who developed the ability to observe ourselves. We are the only animals that developed the idea of “right” and “wrong.” The universe has “laws” such as gravity. If you walk off a cliff, you die. Most animals avoid walking off cliffs.<br /><br />Ethics and morality have no objective meaning like gravity. “Evil” has no objective meaning.<br /><br />Empathy played a useful role in our evolution as social animals. As relatively “weak” animals (compared to grizzly bears and great white sharks) we survive better when we work together. As cunning and dangerous animals we harm each other about as much as we help each other.<br /><br />I have some empathy (though I am relatively low), but I avoid harming other humans in part because I have some empathy, because I have been reasonably well socialized by my society [United States of America] (which is one of the better behaved one in our modern world), and because I am smart enough to know that if I don't follow the social rules moderately well, I will probably screw myself.<br /><br />After getting around to reading the post and the two book reviews referenced, I am somewhat amused by the constant discussion of “evil” as if it is some “law” or concrete, objective value or force like a viral disease or a harmful act of nature like a hurricane or tornado.<br /><br />Evil is just something our species has decided not to like for practical reasons. Empathy, generally, pushes us to avoid evil, but lots of unempathic people (psychopaths and sociopaths) and lots of other people who don't “function” by what we arbitrarily define as “normal” (e.g. autistic, Aspergers, other varieties of mentally ill) are able to conform well enough to society's rules to avoid harming others.<br /><br />I have a brother who is as cuckoo as can be. Psychotically depressed, schizophrenic, and bipolar; he's never harmed anybody or done anything else (as far as I know) that might be described as “evil” or even “anti-social.” <br /><br />Much of this discussion is fairly stupid. Many humans often behave badly (we're “bad to the bone”) and we've never reliably figured out a way to get ourselves to consistently and uniformly behave well.<br /><br />Just who we are.Ethical Nihilistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-32681846313922311522014-12-18T20:10:23.222-08:002014-12-18T20:10:23.222-08:00here's sum fun bpd stories if you get bored :P...here's sum fun bpd stories if you get bored :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1_GyqFBR7IDr. Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-19271000672076348542014-12-18T19:58:41.330-08:002014-12-18T19:58:41.330-08:00Hi Anon, you are an interesting poster and thanks ...Hi Anon, you are an interesting poster and thanks for the additional reference. I had never thought or read about the association between schizophrenia and AsPD till a few days ago. I don't think it has been discussed much if at all here on sociopathworld either. At least schizophrenia is not listed as one of the many labels on the right hand side to find posts on particular topics...<br /><br />If you want to pick a pseudonym, just scroll down the options under 'reply as' till you get to name/url and just type in a pseudonym and skip the url...<br /><br />Can you say a bit about yourself?DoctorSciFihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423928917489228542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-79786044641097924272014-12-18T19:39:07.814-08:002014-12-18T19:39:07.814-08:00I agree with you, DoctorSciFi, and thanks for incl...I agree with you, DoctorSciFi, and thanks for including the study with references. <br /><br />"...there is compelling evidence of an association<br />between schizophrenia and APD and of the harmful<br />consequences for individuals afflicted with both disorders."<br /><br />http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/content/30/4/791.full.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com