Take this with a grain of NaCl but this may have some uses BR The Week Which professions have the most psychopaths? And which have the fewest? By Eric Barker, Barking Up The Wrong Tree | October 30, 2013
First off, psychopath doesn't just mean someone who cuts you up with a chainsaw — though the majority of people who do things like that are psychopaths. What is the _definition_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy) ? Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has been variously described as characterized by shallow emotions (in particular reduced fear), stress tolerance, lacking empathy, coldheartedness, lacking guilt, egocentricity, superficial character, manipulativeness, irresponsibility, impulsivity, and antisocial behaviors such as parasitic lifestyle and criminality. So which professions (other than ax murderer) have the most psychopaths? What about the least? [via _The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success_ (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374291357/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0374291357&linkCode =as2&tag=spacforrent-20) ] The next thing that comes to mind is probably, "Why?" Most of the professions on the right require human connection, dealing with feelings — and most of them don't offer much power. Psychopaths, by their very nature, would not be drawn to or very good at these things. On the other hand, most of the roles on the left do offer power and many require an ability to make objective, clinical decisions divorced from feelings. Psychopaths would be drawn to these roles and thrive there. That said… Chef? Really? I guess it pays to tread lightly around anyone who has a set of knives bearing their initials -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
