DDeBar wrote: > > Earlier, Dr. Garelli had written: > > > > Psychopathologically, self-deception characterizes a mental > > > condition known as _psychopathy_ or _sociopathy_, which displays a > > > number of sub-syndromes spanning a vast range of external > > > manifestations: from crime and murder to manipulating others. > > > > This is important, to my mind, since politicians and socially > > > successful people are almost invariably psychopaths of different > > > kinds of severity. Detecting them, penetrating the barrier of > > > self-deception is therefore of the utmost importance for a society > > > based on mutual cooperation. > > I, Don DeBar, had written (see earlier post) that he didn't know that = it > would be effective or possible to train the next generation of the = elite to > be "healthy" leaders. I have since re-read Dr. Garelli's original = post, and > realize that even if this is true, there may well be some value in = applying > this effort to the rest of society. The reduction of pathology in the = rest > of society may well help remove the TV, drug & alcohol addictions many > working people suffer from the equation, as well as helping to reduce = [94 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=05_1997&mid=666212&hilit=CHOMSKY> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 05_1997&639723 Score: 80 Subject: Maternal care as a contribution to social change