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Old Feb 20, 2016, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ValentinaVVV View Post
Am I judging unethical, lying manipulators?

Or sociopaths?

Or CEOs and politicians?

I didn't understand.

I was referring to your comment about James Fallon.
Maybe we’re just on different wavelengths but also maybe this illustrates the whole question of how people think and feel about people on different wavelengths – and those thoughts and feelings are likely to be different for different people, too.

To me, there is a difference in how I feel about a person if I think “This is a person who can lie to and manipulate me without feeling guilt because of the way his brain is made.” as opposed to “This person is a liar and manipulator.” With the first, there is a sense of relationship. With the second there is not.

How do you feel about that? Does that make any sense to you? It seems subtle and/or complicated and I’m not sure I’m explaining it in a way that comes across well. Or maybe our brains are just wired differently?