The psychopathic stare

In the Book of the Underdog I touched on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), which measures interpersonal, affective, lifestyle, and developmental and antisocial traits related to psychopathy. [In the U.S., people who score at least 30 out of 40 are generally classified as psychopathic. The inmates’ scores ranged from 3.2 to 37, with a mean of 20.35.] Bigthink, a popular science online site has picked up on a n new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality that shows psychopaths don’t move their heads while talking.

“The study used AI to analyze videotaped interviews with 507 male inmates in New Mexico. During each interview, which lasted between one and four hours, the inmate sat directly across from an interviewer and a camera that was outfitted with tracking algorithms to record head movements.”

BigThink, citing The Journal of Research in Personality

The biggest psychopath, however, is the Snake in a Suit C-Suite

Yes, we have a post on that since 2017. We’ve seen them all, Silicon Valley-types, Wall Street-types and CEO-types.

They put the New Mexico prison inmates to shame.

The study, “Quantifying the psychopathic stare: Automated assessment of head motion is related to antisocial traits in forensic interviews“, was authored by Aparna R. Gullapalli, Nathaniel E. Anderson, Rohit Yerramsetty, Carla L. Harenski, and Kent A. Kiehl

Other men’s blogs have fallen by the wayside: RIP Bold and Determined (2010-2020), WallStreetPlayboys (2012-2021) we are still here. The bosses have castigated us, Facebook has severely restricted us (2021), Twitter has suspended us (in Nov. 2020) but we’re still here 8 years and counting.

Fighting for the rebel. The outcast. The underdog.

Until next time,

Your man,

Max Cantor