Minutus

Just finished reading the book "The Psychopathy Test" by Jon Ronson which is a fascinating entertaining travel through the world of the "madness" industry as the subtitle says. A large part of it is about Dr. Hare's Psychopathy Test which is used in clinical situations by those trained in it to identify psychopaths. Wikipedia has a summary of it. Dr. Hare has also co-written a book "Snakes in Suits" about how psychopaths function in the workplace. Havent read it yet but its really interesting how the psychopathy test compares with some of the snake remedies like Lachesis.

By the way, Ronson makes it clear that it is possible to misuse the psychopathy test also, so one has to be careful. But since homeopaths are not "diagnosing disease" and labeling people but rather identifying patterns for the purposes of choosing a remedy it should not be a problem.

By coincidence, recently watched the documentary "Billionaires' Tea Party" distributed by Ironweed about how they believe various wealthy individuals, particularly the Koch brothers have created the Tea Party movement to lie to and manipulate people for their own gain. In video of some of their speeches they display "snake-like" mannerisms. I'm not saying... but certainly implying.

Roger

Dr Hare estimates that about 1% of the population at large is psychopathic. According to research by psychologist and executive coach Paul Babiak using Hare's checklist, 4% of the business leaders may be psychopathic. (http://healthland.time.com/2011/09/20/s ... ychopaths/)

There was that documentary recently called "The Corporation".
From the Wikipedia article:

"Robert D. Hare, a University of British Columbia psychology professor and a consultant to the FBI, compares the profile of the contemporary profitable business corporation to that of a clinically diagnosed psychopath (however, Hare has objected to the manner in which his views are portrayed in the film; ...). The Corporation attempts to compare the way corporations are systematically compelled to behave with what it claims are the DSM-IV's symptoms of psychopathy, e.g. callous disregard for the feelings of other people, the incapacity to maintain human relationships, reckless disregard for the safety of others, deceitfulness (continual lying to deceive for profit), the incapacity to experience guilt, and the failure to conform to social norms and respect the law. However, the DSM has never included a psychopathy diagnosis, rather proposing antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) with the DSM-IV. ASPD and psychopathy, while sharing some diagnostic criteria, are not synonymous."

--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Barr" wrote:

Sorry its "The Psychopath Test".

Roger

--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Barr" wrote:

Wow! "Snakes in Suits" that about says it all!

I think I worked with a fair number of them.
Angie

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