I hate that the author is using terrorist and sociopath interchangeably
Finding Sociopaths on Facebook
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Re: Finding Sociopaths on Facebook
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Agreed. And perhaps the notion of "dangerous sociopath" can be revised altogether. I'm no expert but in my understanding sociopathy is more about non empathic social behavior. It can be felt as creepy and depicted as violent in fiction, but that's doesn't make it a dangerous behavior in itself, and can actually be socially rewarded. It can be argued that the lack of empathy can lead to a more violent behavior, but vi…
The problem here is that people are using a term that has a long and colorful history in a very imprecise manner. Sociopath hasn't been in the literature for years, but people still seem to use it interchangeably to speak of antisocial behavior and/or psychopathic traits which are not at all interchangeable. The DSM doesn't even list psychopathy as a diagnosis any more, only antisocial personality disorder which requ…
> you do not want to give a psychopath treatment as it simply makes them better criminals.
What do you mean by "treatment" in this context? I thought that caught psychopathic criminals can end up in criminally insane facilities and such in most developed countries and somehow treated or at least attempt to do so.
Re: Finding Sociopaths on Facebook
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I’m not talking about crime. Most sociopaths never commit any crimes and it’s not illegal to be a sociopath. That would be silly, like jailing someone for having red hair. Also, it’s quite possible that there are more sociopaths than there are people with red hair – estimates range from 1% to 4% of the population. > I don't think criminal hang around facebook. Are you sure about that?
I just don't see where the correlation between sociopathy and crime comes from.
There’s a correlation, but one can’t say ‘All sociopaths are criminals’, just as one can’t say ‘All drug addicts are thieves’.