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Analyzing Tweets To Identify Psychopaths
nonprofiteer writes "Researchers presenting at Defcon next week have developed a psychopathy prediction model for Twitter. It analyzes linguistic tells to rate users' levels of narcissism, machiavellianism and other similarities to Patrick Bateman. 'The FBI could use this to flag potential wrongdoers, but I think it's much more compelling for psychologists to use to understand large communities of people,' says Chris Sumner of the Online Privacy Foundation. Some of the Twitter clues: Curse words. Angry responses to other people, including swearing and use of the word "hate." Using the word "we." Using periods. Using filler words such as 'blah' and 'I mean' and 'um.' So, um, yeah."
> Curse words.
Hardly any, but mostly due to many years on a MUD with strict rules. Abusing "damn" and so on, though.
> Angry responses to other people
Hell yeah.
> including swearing and use of the word "hate."
Got a bigger vocabulary, but yeah.
> Using the word "we."
Check, to a big extent.
> Using periods.
You mean, so those with no punctuation are not morons but normal people? Blah. Check.
> Using filler words such as 'blah'
See above.
> and 'I mean'
Check.
>and 'um.'
"hrm", "hmm" and "ghrmblah" (see also two paragraphs above)
So, you mean, is there any hope for me?
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Could a certain percentage of people who commit violent crime share the common trait of psychopathy? Certainly. Do all?
Right. There are psychopaths who are perfectly fine and functional members of society. People often regard them as 'a bit off', but there is more to the psychology of a dangerous psychopath than just being a psychopath.
Check out this BBC Documentary about the neuropsychology of it. The documentary turns out more interesting than would be initially expected (not going to give it away).
That said, when designer babies are feasible, I doubt anybody is going to consciously select for psychopathy. Well, outside of the dystopian scifi realms anyway.
My God, it's Full of Source!
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