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The key to a con is not that you trust the conman, but that he shows he trusts you. Conmen ply their trade by appearing fragile or needing help, by seeming vulnerable. Because of THOMAS (The Human Oxytocin Mediated Attachment System), the human brain makes us feel good when we help others--this is the basis for attachment to family and friends and cooperation with strangers. "I need your help" is a potent stimulus for action.

Tags: psychology, psychopathy, greed, scepticism, neuroscience, mind on 2008-11-16 and saved by6 people -All Annotations (13) -About

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Wikipedia page for John Bodkin Adams, serial killer. I'd never heard of this guy but it's a remarkable story - reveals a lot about the corruption of the establishment.

Tags: crime, psychopathy, corruption, medicine, serial_killers, uk, politics, police on 2008-09-27 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Excellent, thought-provoking essay on psychology of morality.

Nice comment on moralization of human-induced climate change debate in penultimate paragraph.

Tags: morality, psychology, psychopathy, evolution, richard_dawkins, biology, genetics, science, global_warming, essays, steven_pinker on 2008-08-05 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Hubbard was very much an overgrown child, and it is easy to see aspects both of his behavior and of Scientology as projections of this dangerous immaturity. Hubbard's self-obsession fits neatly into the psychopathic type known as a narcissist.

Tags: cults, personality, psychiatry, psychology, psychopathy, religion, scientology on 2008-02-11 -All Annotations (0) -About

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