people in general don’t have problems with sociopaths
I agree it sounds like he’s claiming the above. I don’t see how this is useful or accurate, because it fits the pattern of “people in general don’t have problems with (X widely known problem)”.
I agree, someone who does not notice sociopaths likely has higher status than someone who does.
I can believe he genuinely doesn’t see sociopaths in his community. Given the base rate for sociopathy is ~1% and that he has probably met, very roughly, 4,000 people, the probability that he has never met a sociopath in his community is (.99)^(4,000)=3.47*10^-18. In other words, the probability that he has met a sociopath and didn’t realize it is ~100%.
This conversation becomes pointless. As Thucydides said: questions of justice only exist between equal powers.
In other words, the probability that he has met a sociopath and didn’t realize it is ~100%.
“I don’t have problems with sociopaths” doesn’t mean that he has met absolutely zero sociopaths, so this calculation is meaningless.
I agree, someone who does not notice sociopaths likely has higher status than someone who does.
The point is that it’s not higher status. What you basically did was a catch-22 where you “asked for information”, but set it up so that everyone would either have to agree with you, or be interpreted as making a status grab.
I agree it sounds like he’s claiming the above. I don’t see how this is useful or accurate, because it fits the pattern of “people in general don’t have problems with (X widely known problem)”.
I agree, someone who does not notice sociopaths likely has higher status than someone who does.
I can believe he genuinely doesn’t see sociopaths in his community. Given the base rate for sociopathy is ~1% and that he has probably met, very roughly, 4,000 people, the probability that he has never met a sociopath in his community is (.99)^(4,000)=3.47*10^-18. In other words, the probability that he has met a sociopath and didn’t realize it is ~100%.
This conversation becomes pointless. As Thucydides said: questions of justice only exist between equal powers.
“I don’t have problems with sociopaths” doesn’t mean that he has met absolutely zero sociopaths, so this calculation is meaningless.
The point is that it’s not higher status. What you basically did was a catch-22 where you “asked for information”, but set it up so that everyone would either have to agree with you, or be interpreted as making a status grab.