First off, psychopath doesn't just mean someone who cuts you up with a chainsaw -- though the majority of people who do things like that are psychopaths. What's the definition?
Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has been variously described as characterized by shallow emotions (in particular reduced fear), stress tolerance, lacking empathy, coldheartedness, lacking guilt, egocentricity, superficial char, manipulativeness, irresponsibility, impulsivity and antisocial behaviors such as parasitic lifestyle and criminality.
So which professions (other than axe murderer) do they disproportionately gravitate towards -- or away from?
Via The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success:
And the next thing that comes to mind is: Why?
Most of the professions on the right require human connection, dealing with feelings and most of them don't offer much power. Psychopaths, by their very nature, would not be drawn to or very good at these things.
On the other hand, most of the roles on the left do offer power and many require an ability to make objective, clinical decisions divorced from feelings. Psychopaths would be drawn to these roles and thrive there.
That said...
Chef? Really? I guess it pays to tread lightly around anyone who has a set of knives bearing their initials.
This article originally appeared on Barking Up The Wrong Tree.
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They didn't separate Conservative Politicians and Democrats.
If they would have separated them, the Conservative Politicians would have topped the list!
Combine CEO, Lawyer, Salesperson, Police Officer, Clergy Person with Civil Servant and you have the milieu of POLITICIAN and their Role.
A life spent in "monster trucks" or overpriced sports cars is a symptom of tragic waste.
The Predator has NO sympathy for others, and is driven to Take, Take, Take without the ability for remorse or guilt...having even a contempt for these feelings and a Grand Illusion of Power that frees them from such petty incumberances, as if They alone among their prey derserves consideration as Worthy or Powerful. This is the meaning of Demonic, and has nothing to do with extra-wordly possession.
Mitt Romney
That does not make them bad people, it does make them arrogant! (and some of them may actually deserve to be)
Most of the professions listed have pretty meaningful heights they can lead to - especially if you consider even nurses get famous when they write well recieved books or similar things...
Find me one top named Doctor who does not have a really high opinion of their abilities?
What was the point of your post?
and then generally bashing people - of course, if the God/s of the Old Testament seem more like the Annunaki, described by the ancient Sumerians then they're just advanced bioforms subject to the laws of physics (some of which obviously we haven't figured out yet).
The real God, if there is one, is - I believe - silent and unknowable - not wasting time coming out with mundane claptrap
I was chagrined to see "journalist" in the +psychopathy column. I've been feeling furtive ever since and glancing over my shoulder a lot. Would it help get me removed from the list if I admitted that - on occasion - I cry easily?
Not really, most of us, I mean them, are able to fake emotions on demand. ;-)