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All world leaders are, they have to be. I am, I think, but I lack the necessary drive to fulfill my destiny, so maybe I'm just arrogant beyond my means:
- I could kill, but only if it was absolutely necessary.
- I would rather hurt a person, than an animal.
- I like to fight, win or lose.
- There are very few people I can tolerate.
- I like women, but only for 15 or 20 minutes at a time.
- I fantasize about Armageddon, a lot.
- I have no problem talking down to people online, even 'friends'.
- Intelligence, meh?
- I hate hippies.
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Sociopathy isn't actually a well defined condition. Use it to refer to a 'disregard for societal rules' if you want to, but you won't be using a general definition. Generally sociopathy and psychopathy both refer to what is referred to in a modern technical context as 'antisocial personality disorder'.
My question would be if there is any link between psychopathy and autism. In particular, are psychopaths inclined to have an undeveloped or underdeveloped theory of mind; do they tend to fail at things like the false belief test?
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It doesn't seem like any psychological conditions are well defined unless they can be traced to specific neurological causes. Does psychopathy entail a neurological cause? Otherwise, I know plenty of people who are psychopaths.
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Unless you're a dualist, mental abnormalities are the same thing as neurological abnormalities.
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Yeah, that's why I find it so strange that so many official psychological classifications seem like shallow labels for general symptoms. Who knows how many neurological factors can cause symptoms of "A.D.D" for example, no neuroimaging is done. Yet, they give every kid who exhibits them the same medication.