Would You Vote for a Psychopath?

It appears that I already have! YouTube: Neuroscientist and self-described psychopath James Fallon discusses the psychopathic tendencies of leaders and madmen.
scheherazadesays...

(IIRC)
To use a ballpark definition : (ballpark because I'm far from an expert)
- A lack of empathy, due to physical reasons (eg. developmental brain issues), is psychopathy.
- A lack of empathy, due to social reasons (eg. learned as result of torture), is sociopathy.

When watching a video like this, it's worth keeping in mind that the person using the word 'psychopath' is most likely using it literally, and not as slang for insanity/craziness.

-scheherazade

siftbotsays...

Moving this video to PlayhousePals's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

00Scud00says...

So we don't mind psychopaths as long as they are 'our' psychopaths, but if they're pathological liars can can we ever really be sure that they really are 'ours'?

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