I find the list interesting. Although I know at least 3 people who are considered "creative," and have psychopathic tendencies are in full blown use of them. hahaha
--- In [email protected], Share Long wrote: > > Good question turq wrote: I wonder what it is about actually *being* > creative that helps those who are to avoid psychopathic tendencies, and what > it is about psychopaths that makes them envy real creative people enough to > fake it, so as to be thought of as one of them. > > I reply: I think truly creative people are following their own muse, their > own flow of life, to a good extent, irregardless of how others respond. My > guess would be that psychopaths wish they too had this kind of inner > freedom. It may seem like they have a lot of outer freedom, but they are > probably intelligent enough to realize that this is not worth much without > the inner freedom too.   > > > > ________________________________ > From: turquoiseb > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 8:58 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Psycopathy and Occupation > > >  > --- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > > > Dr. Kevin Dutton is a research psychologist at the Calleva > > Research Centre for Evolution and Human Science, Magdalen > > College, University of Oxford and is a fellow of the Royal > > Society of Medicine and the Society for the Scientific > > Study of Psychopathy. He has produced the following lists > > indicating occupations that have the highest and lowest > > rates of pyschopathy. > > > > Occupations with the highest rates of psychopathy: > > > > 1. CEO > > 2. Lawyer > > 3. Media (Television/Radio) > > 4. Salesperson > > 5. Surgeon > > 6. Journalist > > 7. Police officer > > 8. Clergy person > > 9. Chef > > 10. Civil servant > > > > Occupations with the lowest rates of psychopathy: > > > > 1. Care aide > > 2. Nurse > > 3. Therapist > > 4. Craftsperson > > 5. Beautician/Stylist > > 6. Charity worker > > 7. Teacher > > 8. Creative artist > > 9. Doctor > > 10. Accountant > > > > Number 8 in the first list is interesting, while it uses the > > terminology associated with Christian metaphysics, it could > > just as easily be applied to Rabbi, Ayatollah, and Guru, > > though there might be cultural differences that would alter > > the position on the list. We do see a lot of strange and > > abusive Gurus, of which many here feel MMY was one. > > What I find interesting are numbers 4 and 8 on the > second list. Many on the non-psychopathic list are > care-givers or those who have chosen a profession > based on service to others, something I would expect > to help keep psychopathy at bay. But craftspersons > (a term I assume refers to someone good enough at a > craft as to be considered somewhat of an artist at > it) and creative artists? > > The connection this provokes in me is that most of > the gurus/teachers/spiritual leaders I've run into > or studied over the years whom I would assess as > suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder > and possibly psychopathy were *not* creative > personally. But they longed to be *perceived* by > others as creative. Fred Lenz - Rama, for example, > couldn't play an instrument or read music, but he > claimed to have "composed" all of the music that > Zazen (a band he formed composed of real, profes- > sional musicians, who I knew well, and well enough > to know that they wrote every note) recorded. He > didn't...he just claimed that. Similarly, there > are strong rumors that he didn't write the "Snow- > boarding To Nirvana" book that he published under > his name, but instead farmed it out to students > of his to write, and then signed his name to it. > > I've heard similar stories of abusive or contro- > versial gurus/teachers doing exactly the same thing, > and ripping off creative works done by other people > so that they could sign their name to them. We've > all heard stories of Maharishi doing exactly the > same thing, starting with commentaries on the Gita > that almost certainly weren't actually written by > him, and continuing through his presentation of > stuff about A-V, S-V, and other subjects that he > "borrowed" from other people. > > I wonder what it is about actually *being* creative > that helps those who are to avoid psychopathic > tendencies, and what it is about psychopaths that > makes them envy real creative people enough to > fake it, so as to be thought of as one of them. >
