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I am sorry if you feel your friend was offended.

I did not say all members of elite military units are psychopaths. Some are.

And after all I've seen, the concentration seems higher in those military units than in the general population. We are talking percentages here.

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I read half or quarter of top 500 public companimy ceos are considered psychopaths clinically. I think for anyone to reach such high level of achievement, you are crazy to begin with.

I think it would be worth providing a reference with a claim like this, as a courtesy rather than as proof, so to speak. If it's interesting enough to post in a comment, it's likely interesting enough that others would want to read more about it.

I apologize for not including source as I was typing it on my phone.

I just googled "public company ceos are psychopaths" and found http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/1-in-5-ceos-are-p... among others.

"Australian study has found that about one in five corporate executives are psychopaths – roughly the same rate as among prisoners.

The study of 261 senior professionals in the United States found that 21 per cent had clinically significant levels of psychopathic traits. The rate of psychopathy in the general population is about one in a hundred."

Cheers. I wasn't able to find details of Brooks' research online. Looks like it's yet to be published in the European Journal of Psychology.

http://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/one-in-five-ceo-s-are-psychopat...

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