Comments on: Psychopathic Personalities: Mental Disease or Competitive Advantage?

By: Burn, Baby, Burn « Kitty Hundal’s Blog

Burn, Baby, Burn « Kitty Hundal’s Blog — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:00:46 +0000

[...] getting his thrills vicariously but getting them nonetheless. A common approach amongst wealthy malignant narcissistic psychopaths. When he pays others to commit acts of arson and then either frames me or simply spreads rumors [...]

By: The Violence Gene and Psychopathic Brains « The Critical Thinker(tm)

The Violence Gene and Psychopathic Brains « The Critical Thinker(tm) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:36:32 +0000

[...] 31, 2009 by Mark T. Market As a nice follow-up to our earlier feature on psychopaths, neuroscientist Jim Fallon shares his insights into the common brain characteristics of [...]

By: sandrasorayaalzona

sandrasorayaalzona — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:28:04 +0000

Humans who do not make the most of their being human. Therefore some lawyers consider them animals in defense of capital punishment.

By: Mark T. Market

Mark T. Market — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:05:29 +0000

^ Interesting scenario. I might hazard a guess that even among psychopaths, some are more "psycho" than most... Incidentally this also reminds me of Lost.

By: Donny

Donny — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:43:37 +0000

What if a whole bunch of these people were placed on an island, far enough away that swimming was not an option. And they were studied unobtrusively.

What would they be doing to each other? Would they try and kill each other, or would the understand who they were and plot a gigantic scheme to inflict themselves onto the world?

By: Mark T. Market

Mark T. Market — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:56:39 +0000

The disturbing prospect is that if indeed these “silent predators” are built to be more efficient and effective at what they do compared to us normal humans, then slowly by process of natural selection, we all become a race of psychopaths.

It’s happening now, with all the financial crises going on–due to psychopath bankers…

By: alwaysjan

alwaysjan — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:15:32 +0000

I recently reread “The Sociopath Next Door.” What is most disturbing is most of these people are NOT criminals, yet wreck havoc on those around them. It is precisely because they can appear normal that they are able to disarm the unsuspecting. Know this – Charm disarms. They are people are predators and that would make the rest of us – prey.