People often say that psychopaths act like they do because they don’t know how it makes people feel but the opposite is actually true - they know exactly how other people feel which is why they’re so good at manipulating them. They simply just don’t feel bad about taking advantage of that.
Maybe, but I don’t know if that’s a good thing. Social intelligence is how CEOs and other charlatans get disproportionate success in society, and if all we had was social intelligence humanity would be nothing but smooth-talking cavemen.
Iconoclast@feddit.uk 9 hours ago
hayvan@piefed.world 13 hours ago
If we all had emotional intelligence, we’d be good at seeing through the shit of smooth-talking cavemen.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
We almost all have, but those without (at least those with ego problems) hone their skills their entire life to fool everyone else. IMO.
turdas@suppo.fi 12 hours ago
Good point.