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  1. Jul 2023
    1. superficial charm
      • definition
        • superficial charm
      • a psychopath's ability to make you like them, so that you can be manipulated

      • superficial charm blinds us to the psychopath

    2. For psychopaths, it tends to be switched off by default. But they're actually really good at mimicking a normal brain if and when they need to.
      • brain scans support the idea that psychopaths feel no empathy by default, but can switch empathy on when they need to show "superficial charm"
      • normal people cannot switch empathy off, but psychopaths can switch empathy on