3. A new Yale study shows that psychopaths lack the ability to automatically assess...

A new Yale study shows that psychopaths lack the ability to automatically assess thoughts of those around them, a process that underlies the formation of human social bonds. However, if asked to deliberately assess thoughts of those around them, they can process the thoughts of others.

Wow, I think you literally hit the nail on the head. I read a lot about mental illness and mental health issues because I struggle with mental illness myself.

I have never been diagnosed as a sociopath and have never thought myself to be one, but in reading about it over the years I’ve always had a nagging thought about it: I think everyone is a sociopath basically, and are only empathetic/sympathetic to other people in so far as it serves them or is convenient. And I think that most people have the ability to turn that part of themselves on and off in any given moment.

Because in describing what a sociopath is, it implies that non-sociopaths are the complete opposite—kind, benevolent, empathetic, concerned for their fellow man, and just filled with love and goodwill.

And I think that couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m nobody special, but I will say I have a talent for reading people and what they’re about. I’m a pretty keen observer of people’s behavior. And so if the idea of a “normal” person is to be believed, I have probably only ever met a handful in my life. It is exceedingly rare.

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