Elfboy
Certified Sausage Smoker
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I'm curious - how can you be sure that you are correct that these people are sociopaths and not people you just have a natural antipathy for? Not suggesting you haven't I'm just wondering how you can be sure and thus be certain of the accuracy of your gut reaction. The reason I ask is - is it possible that some people develop an ability to spot these types of personalities as an evolutionary adaptation? It seems reasonable that in a primitive situation where cooperation was essential and life was balanced on a knife edge in the best of times having a sociopath in the primary group could be a serious problem.
I'm very intrigued about your talent. If you are inclined I'd be curious to hear more about it.
my hypothesis is just the opposite. many scientists claim that grief for the dead, caring deeply for others and feelings of guilt and shame evolved throughout the evolution of homo sapiens sapiens. it's possible that most of the psychopaths would have died out because they lacked group cooperation skills and would have likely been cast out of the tribe or killed by the emerging non psychopath humans. this would have lead to non psychopath humans having strength in numbers and thus evolutionary advantage. however, in recent years, the independence, ambition and intelligence of psychopaths have allowed them to advance very far in society. this would not have been possible 10,000 years ago