Some studies have linked higher levels of psychopathy to greater fertility. Yet others have found the opposite. The reason for this may be that psychopaths have a reproductive advantage specifically in harsh environments.
Indeed, psychopathy can thrive in unstable, competitive worlds. Their impulsivity and lack of fear help them take risks and grab short-term gains. In the film Wall Street, the psychopathic Gordon Gekko makes millions. Yet although psychopathy may be an advantage in the corporate world , it only offers men a slim leadership edge.
The mathematician Eric Weinstein argues, more generally, that disagreeable people drive innovation. Yet, if your environment supports creative thinking, disagreeableness is less strongly linked to creativity. The nice can be novel. Sadism and psychopathy are associated with other traits, such as narcissism and Machiavellianism. There is a moderate to large hereditary component to these traits. So some people may just be born this way.
Alternatively, high D-factor parents could pass these traits onto their children by behaving abusively towards them. Similarly, seeing others behave in high D-factor ways may teach us to act this way. We all have a role to play in reducing cruelty. Yet it is often said that dehumanising people is what allows us to be cruel. Potential victims are labelled as dogs, lice or cockroaches, allegedly making it easier for others to hurt them. There is something to this.
Research shows that if someone breaks a social norm, our brains treat their faces as less human. This makes it easier for us to punish people who violate norms of behaviour. It is also a dangerous delusion. The psychologist Paul Bloom argues our worst cruelties may rest on not dehumanising people. The Nazis dehumanised and murdered millions of people during the Holocaust at concentration camps Credit: Reuters.
For example, the Nazi Party dehumanised Jewish people by calling them vermin and lice. Yet the Nazis also humiliated, tortured and murdered Jews precisely because they saw them as humans who would be degraded and suffer from such treatment.
Sometimes people will even harm the helpful. Imagine you are playing an economic game in which you and other players have the chance to invest in a group fund. The more money is paid into it, the more it pays out. And the fund will pay out money to all players, whether they have invested or not. At the end of the game, you can pay to punish other players for how much they chose to invest. To do so, you give up some of your earnings and money is taken away from the player of your choice.
In short, you can be spiteful. It is also a dangerous delusion. The psychologist Paul Bloom argues our worst cruelties may rest on not dehumanising people. For example, the Nazi Party dehumanised Jewish people by calling them vermin and lice. Yet the Nazis also humiliated, tortured and murdered Jews precisely because they saw them as humans who would be degraded and suffer from such treatment.
Sometimes people will even harm the helpful. Imagine you are playing an economic game in which you and other players have the chance to invest in a group fund. The more money is paid into it, the more it pays out. And the fund will pay out money to all players, whether they have invested or not. At the end of the game, you can pay to punish other players for how much they chose to invest. To do so, you give up some of your earnings and money is taken away from the player of your choice.
In short, you can be spiteful. Some players chose to punish others who invested little or nothing in the group fund. Yet some will pay to punish players who invested more in the group fund than they did. Such acts seem to make no sense. Generous players give you a greater pay-out — why would you dissuade them? It can be found around the world. In hunter-gatherer societies, successful hunters are criticised for catching a big animal even though their catch means everyone gets more meat.
Hillary Clinton may have suffered do-gooder derogation as a result of her rights-based US Presidential Election campaign. Do-gooder derogation exists because of our counter-dominant tendencies. A less generous player in the economic game above may feel that a more generous player will be seen by others as a preferable collaborator. The more generous person is threatening to become dominant. As the French writer Voltaire put it, the best is the enemy of the good.
Yet there is a hidden upside of do-gooder derogation. Once we have pulled down the do-gooder, we are more open to their message. One study found that allowing people to express a dislike of vegetarians led them to become less supportive of eating meat.
Shooting, crucifying or failing to elect the messenger may encourage their message to be accepted. In the film Whiplash , a music teacher uses cruelty to encourage greatness in one of his students. We may recoil at such tactics. Yet the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche thought we had become too averse to such cruelty. People could also be cruel to themselves to help become the person they wanted to be. Nietzsche felt suffering cruelty could help develop courage, endurance and creativity.
Psychologists have found the presence of three common symptoms in most selfish and cruel people:. If these three evil symptoms come together inside a person, then the person becomes insidious, arrogant and cruel.
However, in most cases, the presence of any one symptom, of these three is much higher in some but the rest are absent. Machiavellianism is more associated with success. People who have this kind of subjugation tend to get to the top very easily. Anyone who is able to pull the strings of other people by using unauthorized power. Narcissistic people can make a very good impression on others. Which is why they are able to easily convince their co-workers or superiors that they are really important and deserving of special privileges.
Psychopathy is more prevalent among the executives of big companies than common people. The reason behind this is that running an office requires some people to be cold, rigid. As far as can be seen, these people are really ahead in success. Though they will lose on the other side. For those who think materialistically, happiness is a matter of opulence for them. Because according to the wealth is contentment. It is true that ambition with dishonesty and cruelty will take people a long way, but in the end, it will never take the place of genuine talent and honesty.
We are now living in a time of ruthlessness. To evanesce this fiendish influence, everyone needs to understand the situation rather than blaming each other for this problem. The places of responsibility should not be forgotten.
We can do much better with a little encouragement when we get used to it, many big obstacles can be overcome. Being born as a human being, everyone has some responsibilities. Some people are insecure which causes them to be mean to others to hide it.
Others have dealt with abuse of their own that makes them think its the only way to live. Some people do it for the laughs, others do it because they simply dont know any better I have encountered that alot.
Because they don't understand the idea of compassion and maybe throughout there life they had a hard time with there family.
Some people try bring others down so it can make them feel better about themselves. Other people do it because they are going through something or are stressed, and they take it out on others by being cruel.
They're most likely experiencing some kind of issue themselves and they don't know how to deal with it so they project it onto others.
People aren't always cruel for no reason. Sometimes it's a reason that won't make sense to you but may have a lot of value to them. Other times it may be a mental illness that they either don't know of, or don't want others to know of. Anonymous June 18th, am. Some people are poisoned with so much negativity it's controlled their person like a weed. It's a sad state of affairs, but some people, whether they just don't care, can't see it, or are in pain, choose to let meanness become a pastime and stop caring about other people.
It happens when you stop feeling empathy for other people and just hurt them. It's really sad. I feel sad for those that are cruel, because they're only half-living.
Anonymous January 19th, am. There is a lack of love in their hearts and it is our responsibility to fill the gap with cookies and pizza. Anonymous April 10th, am. People feel the need to express what they're feeling. If they feel poorly about themselves, they might express that in a negative way towards other people. A lot of people have had things done to them which have traumatized them.
Therefore this makes them act a certain way. And yes, it still doesn't give them the right to be like that, but it's a human nature for us. Especially if they weren't shown the right way. Some people already know the truth, it's just so hard accepting it. It's the way of life and it's difficult to accept but we have to In order to live life.
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