Viliam_Bur comments on Open thread, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 03 November 2014 07:58:49AM 1 point [-]

How do you come to that conclusion? Simply because you don't agree with their actions?

Uhm, no. Allow me to quote from my other comment:

If I tried to estimate a sociopathy scale from 0 to 10, in my life I have personally met one person who scores 10, two people somewhere around 2, and most nasty people were somewhere between 0 and 1, usually closer to 0.

I hope it illustrates that my mental model has separate buckets for "people I suspect to be sociopaths" and "people I disagree with".

Comment author: ChristianKl 03 November 2014 03:58:54PM 1 point [-]

Diagnosing mental illness based on the kind of second hand information you have about politicians isn't a trivial effort. Especially if you lack the background in psychology.