Is psychopathy an advantage in fighting?

[elwani]

A psychopath is described as someone who completely lacks a conscience. They are "cold-blooded and calculating", "skilled actors whose sole mission is to manipulate people for personal gain." (webmd)

Suppose you are a psychopath and you know that you will not be penalized the first few times you poke someone in the eyes or knee them in the groin. Then you would poke them in the eyes or knee them in the groin as soon as doing so would give you more of an advantage than any other action available to you. A normal person would probably choose not to use these moves even if doing so would gain them a huge advantage, and may adjust their actions sub-optimally out of guilt if they did accidentally use them. But a psychopath would take full advantage of the moves and feel no guilt afterwards.

Suppose you are a psychopath and you know you can get away with taking PEDs. Then you would take them even if you think you are already the best in the world, simply because they will increase your advantage. A normal person might only take PEDs if they lacked real confidence and be mentally impaired in the fight by both that lack of confidence and guilt. But a psychopath could be completely confident, enjoy all the benefits of the PEDs, and feel no guilt whatsoever.

Last of all, suppose you do all of the above and you become widely regarded as scum of a human being by your peers and the public. A normal person might feel the weight of this derision in their training and the fight, and perform at less than their best as a result. But a psychopath would not only not be affected by the derision, but they could actually use it by making their opponents hate them so much that they could not compete against them with a level head. As anyone who has competed knows, there are many pitfalls to hating your opponent. You can spend all your energy hating them rather than thinking how to beat them. You might fight them out of anger rather than using strategy.

If one had to compete against a true psychopath, what is the optimal mental strategy for doing so?

And just out of curiosity, which kinds careers, competitions, etc. do you think favor psychopaths and which do not?

 

[Turkleton]

it's the key to Jon Jones success

 

[Lift2live]

Go home Ariel, you are drunk.

 

[Limit Smasher]

It would absolutely be an advantage.

People are misinformed about psychopaths. They associate that label with killers and murderers. It's not so. There are plenty of psychopaths that lead normal and successful lives.

In fact most people that are successful in high-level business are clinical psychopaths. They feel no remorse for fucking people over and ruining others lives on their way to the top.

 

[Limit Smasher]

it's the key to Jon Jones success

Jones definitely strikes me as having classic psychopathic behavior.

 

[AdamantiumPimmel]

Is Indy a psychopath?
I mean the guy with the sword just put on a little show, didn't even attack and even if, Indy could have fought him with the whip...

 

[Moral Victory]

I've thought about it too, I think psychopaths would have an edge as far as being calm and calculated goes.

But they lack the ability to dig deep from an emotional place.

It's both good and bad depending on the circumstances.

 

[Vincentsky]

It totally is great point !

On the opposite end of things you have certain guys that lack that killer Instinct who at times seem to almost feel bad for dominating or winning.. of the the top of my head I recognized this trait in- Chad Mandes, Alexander volkov, Gustafsson, DC, and Michael Johnson.

 

[bluesnoopz]

Thinly veiled jones hate thread.

 

[Sapp]

 

[Limit Smasher]

It totally is great point !

On the opposite end of things you have certain guys that lack that killer Instinct who at times seem to almost feel bad for dominating or winning.. of the the top of my head I recognized this trait in- Chad Mandes, Alexander volkov, Gustafsson, DC, and Michael Johnson.

Uriah Hall is a great example. He's an absolute killer in the cage but you can tell he feels bad about it when he wins. He's a classic empath.

 

[D'z]

Yes. A perfect example of being crazy working out in ones benefit...

 

[estranged]

Sure

 

[gono btw]

A psychopath is described as someone who completely lacks a conscience. They are "cold-blooded and calculating", "skilled actors whose sole mission is to manipulate people for personal gain." (webmd)

Suppose you are a psychopath and you know that you will not be penalized the first few times you poke someone in the eyes or knee them in the groin. Then you would poke them in the eyes or knee them in the groin as soon as doing so would give you more of an advantage than any other action available to you. A normal person would probably choose not to use these moves even if they could gain a huge advantage, and may feel guilty and adjust their actions to something sub-optimal if they did accidentally do it. But a psychopath would take full advantage of the moves and feel no guilt afterwards.

Suppose you are a psychopath and you know you can get away with taking PEDs. Then you would take them even if you think you are already the best in the world, simply because they would give you even more advantage. A normal person might only take PEDs if they lacked real confidence and be mentally impaired in the fight by both the guilt and lack of confidence. But a psychopath could be completely confident, enjoy all the benefits of the PEDs, and feel no guilt whatsoever.

Last of all, suppose you do all of the above and you become widely regarded as scum of a human being by your peers and the public. A normal person might feel the weight of this derision in their training and the fight, and perform at less than their best as a result. But a psychopath would not only not be affected at all by this derision, but they could actually use it to make their opponents hate them so much that they could not even compete against them with a cool head. As anyone who has competed knows, there are many pitfalls to hating your opponent. You can spend all your energy thinking about how despicable they are rather than how to beat them with strategy. You might fight them out of anger rather than with a level head.

If you had to compete against a true psychopath, what is the optimal mental strategy to do so? And just out of curiosity, which kinds careers, competitions, etc. do you think favor psychopaths and which do not?

 

[Vincentsky]

Uriah Hall is a great example. He's an absolute killer in the cage but you can tell he feels bad about it when he wins. He's a classic empath.

Should’ve picked a different career then lol mail man ?

 

[Paramount]

A psychopath is described as someone who completely lacks a conscience. They are "cold-blooded and calculating", "skilled actors whose sole mission is to manipulate people for personal gain." (webmd)

Suppose you are a psychopath and you know that you will not be penalized the first few times you poke someone in the eyes or knee them in the groin. Then you would poke them in the eyes or knee them in the groin as soon as doing so would give you more of an advantage than any other action available to you. A normal person would probably choose not to use these moves even if doing so would gain them a huge advantage, and may adjust their actions to something sub-optimal out of guilt if they did accidentally do it. But a psychopath would take full advantage of the moves and feel no guilt afterwards.

Suppose you are a psychopath and you know you can get away with taking PEDs. Then you would take them even if you think you are already the best in the world, simply because they would still give you an advantage. A normal person might only take PEDs if they lacked real confidence and be mentally impaired in the fight by both the guilt and lack of confidence. But a psychopath could be completely confident, enjoy all the benefits of the PEDs, and feel no guilt whatsoever.

Last of all, suppose you do all of the above and you become widely regarded as scum of a human being by your peers and the public. A normal person might feel the weight of this derision in their training and the fight, and perform at less than their best as a result. But a psychopath would not only not be affected by this derision, but they could actually use it to make their opponents hate them so much that they could not compete against them with a level head. As anyone who has competed knows, there are many pitfalls to hating your opponent. You can spend all your energy hating them are rather than thinking how to beat them. You might fight them out of anger rather than using strategy.

If you had to compete against a true psychopath, what is the optimal mental strategy to do so? And just out of curiosity, which kinds careers, competitions, etc. do you think favor psychopaths and which do not?

It 100% depends on the circumstances. There are instances where a psychopath might have an advantage but there are also instances where a normal person would have the advantage. But no, psychopaths wouldn't be some superhuman fighting machine just because they lack remorse.

 

[Vincentsky]

Uriah Hall is a great example. He's an absolute killer in the cage but you can tell he feels bad about it when he wins. He's a classic empath.

Holly holm and Ortega !! Joel Romero a little bit ?

 

[mutombo]

Is Indy a psychopath?
I mean the guy with the sword just put on a little show, didn't even attack and even if, Indy could have fought him with the whip...

No, Ford just had bad food poisoning and diarrhoea that day. So they changed the script. It was originally going to be a big fight sequence.

 

[Vegeta]

We all know Diego S.

 

[elwani]

Thinly veiled jones hate thread.

What? Hey you guys brought him up, I didn't even mention him.