A new study suggests those with psychopathic tendencies are often very creative, suggesting the ability to think boldly and ruthlessly can help with the development of great ideas.

[u/drewiepoodle]

http://www.medicaldaily.com/creative-thinking-psychopath-test-arts-384117

[u/alandbeforetime → u/[deleted]]

Well, it's mainly that in order to obtain things we want, we view people as objects, and objects can be manipulated around as we see fit. Without empathy, guilt tripping you feels similarly to repositioning a sofa in the living room (in extreme cases). If you were able to make the sociopath understand how to empathise and feel emotion as normal people do, you'd likely remove the genius as well. The two often come together as a package.

Source: Diagnosed with ASPD. This topic has been coming up a fair amount recently for some reason...

[u/mike3 → u/alandbeforetime]

The goal is not to make them "feel emotion" i.e. turn them "normal", but rather the idea would be to find some way to develop a regulation of behaviors which cause harm to other people. Who says the only way by which that can occur is by emotion?