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buybuydandavis comments on Notes on Psychopathy - Less Wrong Discussion

18 Post author: gwern 19 December 2012 04:02AM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 21 December 2012 08:50:30PM 0 points [-]

I don't think psychopaths feel the need to prove themselves. I would expect a psychopath to gravitate toward situations where their manipulation of others yielded a direct benefit.

Comment author: ChristianKl 21 December 2012 09:16:46PM 0 points [-]

What does "direct benefit" mean?