The estimate I've seen was also 1% (with uncertainty leading to a range of 0.5% to 2%). But the researcher in question also distinguished psycopathy from sociopathy, and estimated sociopathy a bit higher.
I know %1 sounds like a reasonable guess, but actual estimations of psychopathy rates performed by psychologists I've seen were a full %5. I expect in some societies the rate to be significantly higher than that.
According to this article, Dr Robert Hare (emeritus professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia) estimates psychopathy at 1% of the population at large.
However, psychopaths tend to gravitate to particular professions -- "business, politics, law enforcement agencies, law firms, religious organisations and yes, the media" -- where percentages are probably much higher.
When was the last time anyone recieved an unsolicited email that was worth reading?
Yesterday.
I get several unsolicited emails per month which I actually wish to read. Granted, this is a minority of all unsolicited emails I receive, but I do occasionally get interesting personal emails from total strangers which I'm glad I got.
Their web site has been mostly broken the past two years. No one seems to maintaining it.
They built a clock prototype, but the overall project seems to be moribound.
The Long Now Foundation: 10,000 Year Clock and Library
"The
Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide counterpoint to todays 'faster/cheaper' mind set and promote 'slower/better' thinking. We hope to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years."
* The Long Now Foundation uses five digit dates, the extra zero is to solve the deca-millennium bug which will come into effect in about 8,000 years.
From the preface to The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhensitsyn:
"In 1949 some friends and I came upon a noteworthy news item in Nature, a magazine of the Academy of Sciences. It reported in tiny type that in the course of excavations on the Kolyma River a subterranean ice lens had been discovered which was actually a frozen stream -- and in it were found frozen specimens of prehistoric fauna some tens of thousands of years old. Whether fish or salamander, these were preserved in so fresh a state, the scientific correspondent reported, that those present immediately broke open the ice encasing the specimens and devoured them
with relish on the spot."
Seriously, I agree. It's a true shame, because slashdot is the one source where I read articles that I remember for years, and frequently find the need to revisit.
I fully agree, and for the same reason -- years later, I remember articles and want to look them up. What's worse, I remember my own posts and want to look them up... in vain, alas, as the keywords (which I *know* I posted) don't show up in searches.
Seriously -- Slashdot could be a *much* more useful tool -- a resource to be reckoned with -- if it were deeply searchable.
From the preface to The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhensitsyn:
"In 1949 some friends and I came upon a noteworthy news item in
Nature, a magazine of the Academy of Sciences. It reported in tiny type that in the course of excavations on the Kolyma River a subterranean ice lens had been discovered which was actually a frozen stream -- and in it were found frozen specimens of prehistoric fauna some tens of thousands of years old. Whether fish or salamander, these were preserved in so fresh a state, the scientific correspondent reported, that those present immediately broke open the ice encasing the specimens and devoured them with relish on the spot."
Now, a clever man would not use a plane, because he would know that only a great fool would repeat the same method. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose to attack with a plane. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly have to attack with a plane.
The only reason that 9/11 went as badly as it did was that the other passengers assumed that if they just obeyed the terrorists for a few hours, they could put it all behind them and get on with their lives. When the passengers in the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania realized this was not the case, they stopped the terrorists.
There are allegations -- maybe be paranoid fantasy, I don't know -- but allegations, anyway, that the US Air Force shot down that Pennsylvania plane. Example:
"I heard like a boom and the engine sounded funny," [an eyewitness] told the [Philadelphia] Daily News. "I heard two more booms - and then I did not hear anything... I think the plane was shot down." - Source
what about good old clinton years?
oh hes a democrat therefore he is a wonderful human being and can do no wrong
The White House was still an imperial power under Democrats -- under Carter and Johnson, even under Clinton for that matter. Hell, Johnson was a poster child for the Vietnam war.
As for Clinton, he was a loser -- an immoral dinkus, more interested in blowjobs than politics.
Democrats are not the Good Guys. Republicans are more successful Bad Guys, that's all.
As for the separation of powers: Congress has been in decline since the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which demonstrated that the President can start wars without permission from Congress.
One-third, in the sense of three branches of American government:
* Executive
* Legislative
* Judicial
That's the theory, anyway.
In practice, real power has centralized in the Imperial Presidency -- as demonstrated by e.g. the Nixon years, the Bush/Reagan years, and the Cheney/Bush years.
'Apparently John Ashcroft can't tell a weapons lab from an art installation. ' What else would one expect from John Ashcroft: He can't tell art ( bare breasted statue of Justice ) from porn -- put a blue blanket over her!.
This morning, I happened to take a good look at the Classics building (Burton Hall) @ the University of Minnesota. Classic-style building, big Greek pillars, stone friezes, etc.
One of the friezes depicts various academic virtues -- Science, Architecture, Painting, Literature, etc. -- each with several people (and sometimes cherubs). Some of the people were scientists, architects etc., all men; accompanied by stately women wearing togas, in various states of revealing one or both breasts.
Now that's my kind of academia -- men sit around, surrounded by cool toys and looking important, while stately half-naked women admire them (admire the men, not the cool toys).
And I have to observe: Science gets the best chicks.
If anyone flashes me (UK) in this fashion I deliberately make their task of passing as difficult as possible. The flashing is normally accompanied by excessive speed, and tailgating.
This is a profoundly Bad Idea. You're setting the stage for a deadly accident -- perhaps involving you, perhaps involving others.
Pride in road rage is the Devil's work -- you're making the world a worse place for everyone to live. The world is bad enough already, without such needless provocation. Please think about the dreadful consequences of your actions.
Thanks for the backup. It's not so easy batting down all these ignorant rightwing attacks all the time. I guess those who agree are also sensible enough to refrain from "me, too" posts.
It's not just that I agree with you... it's that you do a damned good job of stating your case with clarity and passion, and I figured you could use a little recognition for your efforts. Keep up the good work.
JFK ordered a pullout of Vietnam, was shot within days (in Texas), and Johnson (from Texas) rescinded that order within a day or so of taking office. He presided over 5 years of escalation so disgraceful that he declined to run for reelection. His successor, Nixon, promised to end the war, but escalated it further...
I started reading the parent post, and said "Aha, this guy knows what he's talking about." Then I noticed the author, and said: "Doc Ruby again -- who always gets it right."
He tells us, for instance, that legend says that gold comes from the north where it's stolen from the gryphons by a race of one-armed men. This, he says, is completely untrue because there can't be a race of one-armed men.
That's the charm of Herodotus. Is he really a gullible stranger in a strange land? Does he know that that Egyptian priests and Scythian warriors are telling him tall tales? Does he think we'll fall for it?
He clearly gets a kick out of relating tall tales. Some of them he seems to take at face value. In other cases, such as the Phoenix, he concludes with: "That's the story I was told, though I myself do not believe it." Occasionally he says, "I do not judge the truth of the matter: you decide."
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The estimate I've seen was also 1% (with uncertainty leading to a range of 0.5% to 2%). But the researcher in question also distinguished psycopathy from sociopathy, and estimated sociopathy a bit higher.
Very interesting -- thanks for the info.
-kgj
I know %1 sounds like a reasonable guess, but actual estimations of psychopathy rates performed by psychologists I've seen were a full %5. I expect in some societies the rate to be significantly higher than that.
According to this article, Dr Robert Hare (emeritus professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia) estimates psychopathy at 1% of the population at large.
However, psychopaths tend to gravitate to particular professions -- "business, politics, law enforcement agencies, law firms, religious organisations and yes, the media" -- where percentages are probably much higher.
-kgj
When was the last time anyone recieved an unsolicited email that was worth reading?
Yesterday.
I get several unsolicited emails per month which I actually wish to read. Granted, this is a minority of all unsolicited emails I receive, but I do occasionally get interesting personal emails from total strangers which I'm glad I got.
-kgj
Let's be honest.
Whenever I encounter a new species, the first thing I ask myself:
Is it good eating?
- kgj
I wouldn't trust a long Now that can't be cast into an int Now.
+1 Humorous
-kgj
Their web site has been mostly broken the past two years. No one seems to maintaining it. They built a clock prototype, but the overall project seems to be moribound.
Damn, that's depressing news.
-kgj
The Long Now Foundation: 10,000 Year Clock and Library Long Now is the brainchild of Stewart Brand.
-kgj
The only way to be *sure* of anything on the web is to monitor all packets at all times using behavioral profiling programs.
....
We could call the system TIA, for Timely Ignorance Abatement
-kgj
Seriously, I agree. It's a true shame, because slashdot is the one source where I read articles that I remember for years, and frequently find the need to revisit.
... in vain, alas, as the keywords (which I *know* I posted) don't show up in searches.
I fully agree, and for the same reason -- years later, I remember articles and want to look them up. What's worse, I remember my own posts and want to look them up
Seriously -- Slashdot could be a *much* more useful tool -- a resource to be reckoned with -- if it were deeply searchable.
-kgj
(1) Do as I say, not as I do.
(2) Do it to someone else, not to me.
(3) You learned this from someone else, not from me.
-kgj
Until we came along and screwed up yet another ecosystem beyond repair. Can't we just leave shit alone?
No. No, we can't.
-kgj
Now, a clever man would not use a plane, because he would know that only a great fool would repeat the same method. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose to attack with a plane. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly have to attack with a plane.
Made me laugh!
BEST PARODY EVER on SlashDot!
-kgj
The only reason that 9/11 went as badly as it did was that the other passengers assumed that if they just obeyed the terrorists for a few hours, they could put it all behind them and get on with their lives. When the passengers in the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania realized this was not the case, they stopped the terrorists.
... I think the plane was shot down."
There are allegations -- maybe be paranoid fantasy, I don't know -- but allegations, anyway, that the US Air Force shot down that Pennsylvania plane. Example:
"I heard like a boom and the engine sounded funny," [an eyewitness] told the [Philadelphia] Daily News. "I heard two more booms - and then I did not hear anything
- Source
-kgj
what about good old clinton years?
oh hes a democrat therefore he is a wonderful human being and can do no wrong
The White House was still an imperial power under Democrats -- under Carter and Johnson, even under Clinton for that matter. Hell, Johnson was a poster child for the Vietnam war.
As for Clinton, he was a loser -- an immoral dinkus, more interested in blowjobs than politics.
Democrats are not the Good Guys. Republicans are more successful Bad Guys, that's all.
As for the separation of powers: Congress has been in decline since the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which demonstrated that the President can start wars without permission from Congress.
-kgj
technically, one-third of the US Government ...
One-third, in the sense of three branches of American government:
* Executive
* Legislative
* Judicial
That's the theory, anyway.
In practice, real power has centralized in the Imperial Presidency -- as demonstrated by e.g. the Nixon years, the Bush/Reagan years, and the Cheney/Bush years.
-kgj
'Apparently John Ashcroft can't tell a weapons lab from an art installation. ' What else would one expect from John Ashcroft: He can't tell art ( bare breasted statue of Justice ) from porn -- put a blue blanket over her!.
This morning, I happened to take a good look at the Classics building (Burton Hall) @ the University of Minnesota. Classic-style building, big Greek pillars, stone friezes, etc.
One of the friezes depicts various academic virtues -- Science, Architecture, Painting, Literature, etc. -- each with several people (and sometimes cherubs). Some of the people were scientists, architects etc., all men; accompanied by stately women wearing togas, in various states of revealing one or both breasts.
Now that's my kind of academia -- men sit around, surrounded by cool toys and looking important, while stately half-naked women admire them (admire the men, not the cool toys).
And I have to observe: Science gets the best chicks.
-kgj
Apparently John Ashcroft can't tell a weapons lab from an art installation.
Of course he can tell the difference --
* An artist is a dangerous subversive, who must be arrested to stop the spread of ideas.
* A bio-weapons specialist is a valuable national resource, who must be recruited to work for Homeland Security.
-kgj
Does anyone need 2GB of memory for their PDA?
But of course -- !
If my PDA had "Infinity Plus One" memory, I could store the entire state of the universe.
Also, I wish my amps went to eleven.
-kgj
If anyone flashes me (UK) in this fashion I deliberately make their task of passing as difficult as possible. The flashing is normally accompanied by excessive speed, and tailgating.
This is a profoundly Bad Idea. You're setting the stage for a deadly accident -- perhaps involving you, perhaps involving others.
Pride in road rage is the Devil's work -- you're making the world a worse place for everyone to live. The world is bad enough already, without such needless provocation. Please think about the dreadful consequences of your actions.
-kgj
Thanks for the backup. It's not so easy batting down all these ignorant rightwing attacks all the time. I guess those who agree are also sensible enough to refrain from "me, too" posts.
... it's that you do a damned good job of stating your case with clarity and passion, and I figured you could use a little recognition for your efforts. Keep up the good work.
It's not just that I agree with you
-kgj
That whole majority thing didn't work for the last election.
... Supreme.
If the Electoral College fails to stop majority rule, trust the Supreme Court to do the dirty work.
I guess that's what makes it so
-kgj
JFK ordered a pullout of Vietnam, was shot within days (in Texas), and Johnson (from Texas) rescinded that order within a day or so of taking office. He presided over 5 years of escalation so disgraceful that he declined to run for reelection. His successor, Nixon, promised to end the war, but escalated it further ...
I started reading the parent post, and said "Aha, this guy knows what he's talking about." Then I noticed the author, and said: "Doc Ruby again -- who always gets it right."
I just want to say, Keep up the good work.
-kgj
He tells us, for instance, that legend says that gold comes from the north where it's stolen from the gryphons by a race of one-armed men. This, he says, is completely untrue because there can't be a race of one-armed men.
That's the charm of Herodotus. Is he really a gullible stranger in a strange land? Does he know that that Egyptian priests and Scythian warriors are telling him tall tales? Does he think we'll fall for it?
He clearly gets a kick out of relating tall tales. Some of them he seems to take at face value. In other cases, such as the Phoenix, he concludes with: "That's the story I was told, though I myself do not believe it." Occasionally he says, "I do not judge the truth of the matter: you decide."
-kgj