Poll
Question:
According to the quiz linked in the thread, are you a psychopath?
Option 1: No psychopathic tendencies
votes: 26
Option 2: Moderate to minor psychopathic tendencies
votes: 2
Option 3: Strong psychopathic tendencies
votes: 1
Option 4: All work and no play makes Jaron a dull boy
votes: 1
http://psychcentral.com/cgi-bin/psychopathy-quiz.cgi (http://psychcentral.com/cgi-bin/psychopathy-quiz.cgi)
I got a score of 6, so not a psychopath. I usually score higher on quizzes like this. :hmm:
A whopping 2
Quote from: katmai on January 04, 2015, 10:45:29 PM
A whopping 2
Me too. :hug:
Also, I liked this blurb that seemed tailored for Seeds.
QuoteCommon Myth: While many people believe that psychopathy is more prevalent among CEOs and Wall Street bankers, this is a myth not supported by any research. While on the surface it may seem that many of the symptoms and traits of psychopathy might lend themselves to positions of greater power, the two are not synonymous.
One of the problems is that psychopaths tend to be pretty quickly "outed" for their antisocial behaviors, because the charm is purely superficial and easily detected over time with greater exposure to the psychopath.
1 :w00t:
I got 5.
I refuse to take the test, as my time if far more valuable than any of you sad cases. :P
4 :)
Quote from: mongers on January 04, 2015, 10:51:29 PM
I refuse to take the test, as my time if far more valuable than any of you sad cases. :P
Don't anger me.
Quote from: mongers on January 04, 2015, 10:51:29 PM
I refuse to take the test, as my time if far more valuable than any of you sad cases. :P
We all post on languish, sir. :hug:
3!
3 whole points.
QuoteCongratulations for not being a psychopath today!
:D
2
5. Cdm will be disappointed.
:hmm: Apparently, psychopaths are supposed to be good at turning on the charm to conceal themselves, but not so good at figuring out how to answer questions with obviously good and bad answers.
I scored a 0.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 04, 2015, 11:08:51 PM
I scored a 0.
Well I know you don't have people calling you charming. :hug:
8. One more example of social prejudice against people with criminal convictions. Though at least I'm not a psychopath.
Quote from: Ideologue on January 04, 2015, 11:11:11 PM
8. One more example of social prejudice against people with criminal convictions. Though at least I'm not a psychopath.
Shouldnt you have gotten a 1 or at most a 2 if you are going with the criminal convictions excuse. :P
Quote from: alfred russel on January 04, 2015, 11:01:19 PM
5. Cdm will be disappointed.
That test seemed easy enough to manipulate, even for a sociopath like yourself.
QuoteCommon Myth: While many people believe that psychopathy is more prevalent among CEOs and Wall Street bankers, this is a myth not supported by any research. While on the surface it may seem that many of the symptoms and traits of psychopathy might lend themselves to positions of greater power, the two are not synonymous.
Now that's some bullshit right there.
Anyone who can label himself or herself as a psychopath is by definition excluded from being one.
Quote from: DGuller on January 04, 2015, 11:07:56 PM
:hmm: Apparently, psychopaths are supposed to be good at turning on the charm to conceal themselves, but not so good at figuring out how to answer questions with obviously good and bad answers.
Yeah, odd that highly manipulative people should fail see through those question.
3.
Judging by the above, the most common Languish score.
I is...average. :(
2
Wouldn't a psychopath lie on a test like this? :hmm:
I scored 6, but some of the questions where I answered "this describes me somewhat" could have been "it's not me at all" (for example, when things go wrong, I sometimes panic and point fingers but when I calm down I can take the blame and usually worry and feel guilty about it for weeks after).
Quote from: Ideologue on January 04, 2015, 11:11:11 PM
8. One more example of social prejudice against people with criminal convictions.
If there is one fully justified social prejudice, it's probably the one against people with criminal convictions. :lol:
You break one guy's fucking nose... and drive drunk two, three hundred times... Look, I learned my lesson.
Only 2.
I think there would have been a few "somewhat"s when I was younger, maybe take the score to 6 or so.
6 points, and I've been generous with the "somewhats" when I was in doubt.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 04, 2015, 11:14:33 PM
QuoteCommon Myth: While many people believe that psychopathy is more prevalent among CEOs and Wall Street bankers, this is a myth not supported by any research. While on the surface it may seem that many of the symptoms and traits of psychopathy might lend themselves to positions of greater power, the two are not synonymous.
Now that's some bullshit right there.
Nah, Psychopaths are fuck ups. The lack of self control and inability to make reasonable plans tends to put them on the bottom rung of society. Career criminals, junkies, whores, and lots of people in prison that's your psychopaths. Pscyhopaths are bad people because they they have no choice. Wall Street bankers are bad people because they consciously chose to be.
2 :(
11 :)
Quote from: Martinus on January 05, 2015, 02:06:07 AM
Wouldn't a psychopath lie on a test like this? :hmm:
It depends if he wanted to know whether he was really a psychopath or not. :hmm:
If you find yourself lying on the anonymous* psychopath online quiz, it might be a sign something is amiss.
*Are we sure? :ph34r:
I think I was alluding more to the fact that some questions require a degree of critical introspection which I would assume many psychopaths lack. So they would answer untruthfully (even though, I'd agree this would not stricly be lying).
8. No psycho.
Quote from: Martinus on January 05, 2015, 06:06:27 AM
I think I was alluding more to the fact that some questions require a degree of critical introspection which I would assume many psychopaths lack. So they would answer untruthfully (even though, I'd agree this would not stricly be lying).
I wasn't sure what the "lying" part meant. I lie to people all the time simply to smooth life over, as do most people. "No, you don't look fat." "Sorry, I have plans." "Yeah (cough) I'm sick today." "Harvard was a great experience, but it wasn't until I completed my master's in economics at Yale that I felt truly capable of handling the complexities of an investment fund." "The money I owe you's in my jacket pocket, just let me reach in there." And so forth.
You lied to me? :mad:
I may be a lot of things, but a score of 1 point should dispel any idea that I am a psycho. Empathy FTW.
0.
Quote from: Martinus on January 05, 2015, 02:06:07 AM
Wouldn't a psychopath lie on a test like this? :hmm:
I scored 6, but some of the questions where I answered "this describes me somewhat" could have been "it's not me at all" (for example, when things go wrong, I sometimes panic and point fingers but when I calm down I can take the blame and usually worry and feel guilty about it for weeks after).
Probably not so much a test to detect being a pyschopath as a maturity test. For example an intellectually mature person responds to problems by asking themselves how they could do better next time rather than trying to find others to blame.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 05, 2015, 09:07:29 AM
For example an intellectually mature person responds to problems by asking themselves how they could do better next time rather than trying to find others to blame.
Did you just call the whole political establishment intellectually immature? :o
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 05, 2015, 09:07:29 AM
Quote from: Martinus on January 05, 2015, 02:06:07 AM
Wouldn't a psychopath lie on a test like this? :hmm:
I scored 6, but some of the questions where I answered "this describes me somewhat" could have been "it's not me at all" (for example, when things go wrong, I sometimes panic and point fingers but when I calm down I can take the blame and usually worry and feel guilty about it for weeks after).
Probably not so much a test to detect being a pyschopath as a maturity test. For example an intellectually mature person responds to problems by asking themselves how they could do better next time rather than trying to find others to blame.
An intellectually mature person internally takes responsibility, and externally casts blame on others when feasible.
4
I'm hitler.
Quote from: Martinus on January 05, 2015, 02:06:07 AM
Wouldn't a psychopath lie on a test like this? :hmm:
I scored 6, but some of the questions where I answered "this describes me somewhat" could have been "it's not me at all" (for example, when things go wrong, I sometimes panic and point fingers but when I calm down I can take the blame and usually worry and feel guilty about it for weeks after).
You surprise us all :o
I, Claudius.
1 Clavdivs.
I have to return some videotapes.
I got a score of 3.
I guess my strong tendencies in support of the rule of law and the social contract do not get offset by my strong tendencies against muslim terrorists.
I scored a 2.
I guess I'm not a psychopath - the dead people in the freezer were just a passing phase. ;)
I am a psychopath only when I feel like it.