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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2202013/Are-presidents-psychopaths-How-U-S-leaders-JFK-Roosevelt-George-W-Bush-fearless-dominant.html#ixzz26UQRy6Po
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The secret of their success? How U.S. leaders from JFK to Roosevelt and George W Bush share character traits with psychopaths
By MARK PRIGG
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A character trait in psychopaths has been identified by scientists as a common thread in successful US presidents.
Fearless dominance, which is linked to less social and physical apprehensiveness, boosts leadership, persuasiveness, crisis management and congressional relations, according to new research.
Theodore Roosevelt, regarded as one of the most influential US leaders even though he was in office more than a hundred years ago, ranked highest for this type of personality followed by John F Kennedy, Franklin D Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
Researchers found 'fearless dominance' was a trait found in many successful US presidents - and also a trait common in psychopaths.
Then came Rutherford Hayes, Zachary Taylor, Bill Clinton, Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson and George W Bush.
Fearless and dominant people are often a paradoxical mix of charm and nastiness. Cool and calm under pressure, they not easily rattled.
They lack the same kind of anticipatory anxiety that most people have so are not put off from taking dangerous actions.
They are usually intelligent and wealthy, relishing directing other people’s activities and basking in their admiration.
Psychologist Professor Scott Lilienfeld, of Emory University, Atlanta, said: 'Certain psychopathic traits may be like a double edged sword.
'Fearless dominance, for example, may contribute to reckless criminality and violence, or to skillful leadership in the face of a crisis.'
They are sexually adventurous and often takes risks.
They live for the thrill, the excitement and the adrenaline rush and are attracted to jobs such as a fireman or policeman.
If you were assembling a Special Forces team, you would want to screen for people high in fearless dominance.
The analysis, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, drew upon personality assessments of 42 presidents up to George W Bush and compiled by Steven Rubenzer and Thomas Faschingbauer for their book ‘Personality, Character and Leadership in the White House.’
More than a hundred experts including biographers, journalists and scholars who are established authorities on one or more US presidents evaluated their target presidents using standardised psychological measures of personality, intelligence and behaviour.
January 1943: General Henri Giraud, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, General Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill at the Casablanca Conference. Researchers now believed they may have all shared personality traits with psychopaths.
For rankings on various aspects of job performance, the analysis relied primarily on data from two large surveys of presidential historians.
The rich historical data on presidents, combined with detailed expert rankings, provided a window into an emerging theory some aspects of psychopathy may actually be positive adaptations in certain social situations.
Prof Lilienfeld said: 'The way many people think about mental illness is too cut-and-dried.
'Certainly, full-blown psychopathy is maladaptive and undesirable.
'But what makes the psychopathic personality so interesting is that it is not defined by a single trait, but a constellation of traits.'
A clinical psychopath encompasses myriad characteristics, such as fearless social dominance, self-centered impulsivity, superficial charm, guiltlessness, callousness, dishonesty and immunity to anxiety.
Each of these traits lies along a continuum, and all individuals may exhibit one of more of these traits to some degree.
Prof Lilienfeld explained: 'You can think of it like height and weight. Everyone has some degree of both, and they are continuously distributed in the population.'
The results of the analysis raise the possibility that the boldness often associated with psychopathy may confer advantages over a variety of occupations involving power and prestige, from politics to business, law, athletics and the military.
The findings also add to the debate over the idea of the so-called 'successful psychopath,' an individual with psychopathic traits who rises to a position of power in the workplace.
Prof Lilienfeld said: 'We believe more research is needed into the implications of boldness for leadership in general.'
The analysis found the link between fearless dominance and political performance was linear but Prof Lilienfeld added that at the extremes, boldness may veer into a form of recklessness that would be detrimental.
The analysis found the link between fearless dominance and political performance was linear but Prof Lilienfeld added that at the extremes, boldness may veer into a form of recklessness that would be detrimental.
The researchers also looked at presidential scores for self-centered impulsivity, which in contrast to boldness, was linked to some negative job performance indicators, including Congressional impeachment resolutions, tolerating unethical behaviour in subordinates and negative character.
Theodore Roosevelt, for instance, ranked the highest for fearless dominance, but lower than average for self-centered impulsivity, suggesting that he was far from being psychopathic.
Lyndon Johnson, however, ranked relatively high for fearless dominance (15th) and was among the top-five scorers for self-centered impulsivity.
Prof Lilienfeld said: 'That is consistent with what we know about Johnson. He was a very dominant, socially bold person, at times even ruthless about getting his way.
'In some sense, these traits may have made him an effective leader, able to push through civil rights legislation, but they may not have been so positive in terms of personal relationships.'
Psychopathy is defined as a lack of empathy for others, or a conscience, and can be associated with extreme and manipulative behaviour.
This is distinct from psychosis, a group of mental illnesses, including schizophrenia.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2202013/Are-presidents-psychopaths-How-U-S-leaders-JFK-Roosevelt-George-W-Bush-fearless-dominant.html#ixzz26UQRy6Po
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WARNING FROM RAEL: For those who don't use their intelligence at its
full capacity, the label "selected by RAEL" on some articles does not
mean that I agree with their content or support it. "Selected by RAEL"
means that I believe it is important for the people of this planet to
know about what people think or do, even when what they think or do is
completely stupid and against our philosophy. When I selected articles
in the past about stupid Christian fundamentalists in America praying
for rain, I am sure no Rael-Science reader was stupid enough to believe
that I was supporting praying to change the weather. So, when I select
articles which are in favor of drugs, anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish, racist,
revisionist, or inciting hatred against any group or religion, or any
other stupid article, it does not mean that I support them. It just
means that it is important for all human beings to know about them.
Common sense, which is usually very good among our readers, is good
enough to understand that. When, like in the recent articles on drug
decriminalization, it is necessary to make it clearer, I add a comment,
which in this case was very clear: I support decriminalizing all drugs,
as it is stupid to throw depressed and sad people (as only depressed and
sad people use drugs) in prison and ruin their life with a criminal
record. That does not mean that there is any change to the Message which
says clearly that we must not use any drug except for medical purposes.
The same applies to the freedom of expression which must be absolute.
That does not mean again of course that I agree with anti-Jews,
anti-Semites, racists of any kind or anti-Raelians. But by knowing your
enemies or the enemies of your values, you are better equipped to fight
them. With love and respect of course, and with the wonderful sentence
of the French philosopher Voltaire in mind: "I disapprove of what you
say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
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"Ethics" is simply a last-gasp attempt by deist conservatives and
orthodox dogmatics to keep humanity in ignorance and obscurantism,
through the well tried fermentation of fear, the fear of science and
new technologies.
There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history,
it is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations.
On the contrary, let us embrace Science and the new technologies
unfettered, for it is these which will liberate mankind from the
myth of god, and free us from our age old fears, from disease,
death and the sweat of labour.
Rael
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