I seem to have a severe mental problem where I don't assume the worst in people before I've given them ample opportunity to prove they suck.
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I suspect sociopaths develop such a fine nose for character by feeling no remorse for misjudging sbdy.
Heuristically, it works out.
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If you have one in five or ten false positives for "asshole", you still detect more assholes from the bat than the reasonable person.
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If you insist on giving everybody a fair chance, you'll be a sucker more often than not - unless you know and tolerate the risk.
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If anything, the capacity to heal others seems to be contingent on some suspension of disbelief.
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You have to believe that while the person seems utterly full of shit, there may be something good in there.
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This could all be summed up as: I risk being taken advantage of to give people a chance. When they don't take it, it kinda sucks.
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