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Re: [beyondismscience] The concept of 'splitting' as explainer of crypto-agreeability (was can xenopho)



Chris Allen wrote:

> --- In beyondismscience 41, HarkenBane wrote:
> > > With one notable exception, the Jews I have known
> > > have not struck me as especially disagreeable, but
> > > that may be a lucky accident.
> > You know, that may be because Jews are intelligent. Personal
> > experience suggests that smart disagreeable people easily
> > fool others into thinking they're nice, friendly, team
> > players. This is probably how politicians do it!
>
> Perhaps they have a strong need to believe that they agree
> with "good" people and "disagree" with bad people and
> reinterpret anything said to them

Something else that occurred to me: Mark seems to be rather high on
psychopathy (an understatement?), whereas I am rather low on
psychopathy. Might interactions between two low A people be more likely
to bring out the disagreeableness in each of them?

~ams
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... Yes. ... Again, that's not a very easy question to answer. A bunch of individuals who were all uncertainty avoiding might not create a society high on...
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... ams: Possibly. I've only known one Amishman, but he had adapted to urban life. But part of the story at the link below shows that the Amish are certainly...
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... Forming a united front is collectivism, the inverse of IND. Fearing outsiders is xenophobia and a function of UAI. I don’t think the two are the same....
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... You may have a point here. But I think the matter needs a further look. I wish someone would administer a UA inventory to the Amish. With their plethora...
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... Be sure you're using the terminology correctly. "UAI" is short for Uncertainty Avoidance (and we think the "I" is for "Inventory"). If the Amish have...
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May 21, 2005
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... Perhaps they have a strong need to believe that they agree with "good" people and "disagree" with bad people and reinterpret anything said to them -- by...
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May 22, 2005
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... Aw, you're still miffed about the way I "misinterpret" your ideas about the pursuit of truth, aren't you? I think you'll find I'm very receptive to people...
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... Something else that occurred to me: Mark seems to be rather high on psychopathy (an understatement?), whereas I am rather low on psychopathy. Might...
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... Do you mean *psychoticism* (Trait P)? Psychopathy is trait criminality/fanatical-pseudosocial-zealousness, today known as Antisocial Personality Disorder...
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... Yes, that was quite sloppy of me. Psychoticism is more correct than psychopathy. AndI no more meant by "high on psychopathy" to say that Mark is a...
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... ams: Well, Mark, you just have to understand my terminology. Sometimes I use the word low to mean "low" and sometimes I use the word low to mean "high!"...
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OK Alypius, I just checked, and Hosftede reports that UAI has been (slightly) rising over recent decades, so this argument is moot. To go further, however, I...
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