If Something Is A "Spectrum," Why Define It By Extremes?

by thunderbird

Posted: 11 years ago 14 replies

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https://www.psychopathfree.com/conte...ood-to-Ask-Why

RE: link above, Some people want everything to be defined in black and white terms. It's like defining White people as albinos. What I'm finding that is actually overlap between so-called "psychopathic traits" and leadership qualities LOL.

Want to be a success? Then use your inner PSYCHO

Princess Balestra

11 years ago

Love the idea of a closet psycho.

That is real humility at work.

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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Princess Balestra

Love the idea of a closet psycho.

That is real humility at work.

The closet psycho is the person manipulating others while they have no clue what is going on. The synonym is "leader" (often behind the scenes like the Koch Bros and the Wizard of Oz).

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Princess Balestra

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

The closet psycho is the person manipulating others while they have no clue what is going on.

K, that's a cool take.

I was thinkin' more of someone at the mercy of others with every clue what's goin' on.

Guess i was figurin' on a bigger closet an' a sharper psycho.

Hey, mebbe that's what the psycho leaders are here in tne article -- sharper than yr regular psychos, moderatin' the killer instinct, bein' supremely selfish.

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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Princess Balestra

I think you're right. It's a weird and disturbing thought, but actually makes sense.

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Princess Balestra 11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

actually makes sense.

*sigh*

Man, it's like I jus' won an oscar.
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- thunderbird 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Princess Balestra
  
  *sigh*
  
  Man, it's like I jus' won an oscar.
  
  Think of it as a pre-Oscar.
  
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Claude Whitacre

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

I have a very very long story about myself that I want to tell now, that explains...again...why I am special.......

Just kidding.

That was for you, Robert.

(I changed it from Andrew, after you humiliated me in front of all my friends....I mean my friend.....I mean my cat)

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Claude Whitacre

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

Psychopaths and sociopaths are not all alike. It depends on the areas and extent of brain damage, and life experience. The brain shapes behavior, but behavior also shapes the way the brain is wired.

One huge phenomenon I see when talking about "Psychopaths as Leaders" is only seeing the one beneficial effect, and ignoring all the negatives that come along with it.

In other words, seeing the one feature as a positive, while still attributing normal thoughts in other areas, mostly as motivator.

For example, the executive fires people, almost gleefully. Later one worker says, "Yeah, he looks like he enjoys it, but I know deep down it bothers him. He's just covering up a big heart". Well, that's attributing normal characteristics to a not normal person.

You may say that a psychotic firefighter is brave and courageous because he went into the fire to save a child. But the reality is, he simply doesn't process fear the same way "Normals" do. He was really dispassionate about the entire evening.

He're is a good example from a pet store. I saw a woman with a large iguana sitting on her arm, digging in its claws. The woman said, "Sure, it hurts a little, but he's hugging me. He loves me. He knows I care about him. He feels my love".

But the truth? The iguana is cold blooded. The arm is warm. Everything else, she made up to make the lizard more like a person.

And so it is with Psychopaths. We attribute qualities to them, to help soften the idea that they are cold blooded. Now, cold blooded doesn't necessarily mean evil...but they are cold blooded. And you cannot make a cold blooded creature into a warm blooded creature, just by imagining it to be so.

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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

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And so it is with Psychopaths. We attribute qualities to them, to help soften the idea that they are cold blooded. Now, cold blooded doesn't necessarily mean evil...but they are cold blooded. And you cannot make a cold blooded creature into a warm blooded creature, just by imagining it to be so.

I think that is key. Not all psychopaths are evil. They're different from most people, yes. Your analogy strikes me as accurate.

I guess there is speculation about causes. In some it seems to be genetic, in others such as a serial killer in Russia (the Chess killer), it seemed to be from a childhood accident that caused brain damage. In others, maybe extreme psychological abuse?

They do say it is a spectrum, so that means it comes in degrees, I guess.

Releasing inner psychopath seems ridiculous for self-help book, but I haven't read the book. Hey Ayn Rand did well in glorifying psychopathic traits.

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Claude Whitacre

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

I think that is key. Not all psychopaths are evil. They're different from most people, yes. Your analogy strikes me as accurate.

I guess there is speculation about causes. In some it seems to be genetic, in others such as a serial killer in Russia (the Chess killer), it seemed to be from a childhood accident that caused brain damage. In others, maybe extreme psychological abuse?

They do say it is a spectrum, so that means it comes in degrees, I guess.

Releasing inner psychopath seems ridiculous for self-help book, but I haven't read the book. Hey Ayn Rand did well in glorifying psychopathic traits.

I may buy the book out of habit, but you can't become psychopathic, by deciding.

Psychopaths are either the result of brain damage, injury, or lack of development in certain areas of the brain.

Experience helps rewire the software in the brain. It can also be genetic, I suppose...but it's usually caused by sections of the brain not functioning properly.

Sociopaths are made from abuse and neglect. They are usually the more inherently violent. Of course, it can be both.

But, it's like an iceberg......if you see positive traits from a psychopath. It's because you are missing the 95% below the surface that would make your toes curl.

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Princess Balestra 11 years ago

Stoopid kiss smacked onya,
'jus cos ur there
Is all I wanna

what is so psycho 'bout that?

Turn away, we all gonna rot.

Fuk u don't see what we got.

Gimme dust of moths, snorted 2 flight

4 fear no feathers stuck on arrows

might fly some strike

on glory heart.

Stoopid kiss smacked onya,
'jus cos ur there
Is all I wanna.

*

Yy now gonna fall pver clearly no psychpa TTF h x
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- Princess Balestra 11 years ago
  
  Hey Sartre:
  
  I cut an' paste, therefore I am theoretically co nscious of variables hittin' on certainty.
  
  Ha! Some beardo guy has fallen asleep and his face blooms into space on a whisker.
  
  I am so kissout stoopid right now i don't care.
  
  Yy whump on my mooshee, sociopath hordes.
  
  My suck vs yr cliniquial preciso.
  
  Yy we gonna smother u guys out 'cos we are fulla hearta wanna and no one here needs no early kinda dead.
  
  The beard guy jus' woke up an' he has np idea what's goin' on, prolly as am moi.
  
  Guess psycopaths proffer nuthin' but I wanna swank on smoochy.
  
  Touch pulled back from strangle.
  
  Ha, i am bein' thrown out now.
  
  Somesycho
  
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  Princess Balestra 11 years ago
  
  yeeps
  
  mortified, unabortified
  
  so hey Joe Mobs i need kitten vids tomorrow
  
  or zano nooz
  
  "Transexual exorcists slain in crucifix sodomy romp as Jupiter collides with Donald Trump's hairdo."
  
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hardraysnight 11 years ago

i define spectrum by progressive rock

great australian 70s band

Spectrum - Mike Rudd - Make Your Stash - Live GTK...
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