[FRIAM] Is the new president mentally ill?

[Nick Thompson]

Hi, Carter, 

 

Well, fair question.  My basic premise here is that if one  understands a bad situation, one can take steps to ameliorate it.  My mood is to retreat into philosophy for the next 4 years.  At my age,  I don’t really expect to survive them, in any case, so that is a very comfortable place to go.  But what ABOUT the grandchildren?   So, what can I do?  Well, one thing I can do is convince Merle that this isn’t an ordinary political situation.  That mean and dumb (Pence) really would be better than smart and delusional (Trump).  

 

Nick 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

 <http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

 

From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Carter Charbonneau
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 9:30 AM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Is the new president mentally ill?

 

Are you actually going to make different predictions than you did before this occurred to you?

On Wednesday, January 11, 2017, Nick Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net <mailto:nickthompson at earthlink.net> > wrote:

C.  explanation ==> prediction ==>control N

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

 <http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

 

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http://lesswrong.com/lw/2as/diseased_thinking_dissolving_questions_about/

Seriously, what's the point of diagnosing him?

On Jan 10, 2017 11:55 PM, "Jochen Fromm" <jofr at cas-group.net <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jofr at cas-group.net');> > wrote:

I posted this on Google+, since we have a lot of psychologists here you might be interested too?

 

Psychologists, therapists and mental health professionals seem to be fascinated and terrified alike by the new president who has not only become a brand, but is nothing but a brand: 

1. he seems to be a textbook case of a narcissistic personality disorder
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-greene/is-donald-trump-mentally_b_13693174.html

2. he was elected although he imitates the behavior of an massive Internet troll
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-embodied-mind/201701/unified-theory-trump

3. he displays a total lack of honesty and truth-telling
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/

All DSM-5 criteria of a narcissistic personality disorder seem to be fulfilled. Should we be worried? What do you think? He shows a clear need for instant retaliation if someone criticizes him, which is obviously some form a narcissistic rage. It is clearly more than a self-serving bias, and such a deep personality disorder is not harmless at all. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-serving_bias

The problem is he is in a position where he can pull the strings now, as the commander in chief of the most powerful army. The US has about 2000 nuclear weapons on high alert, and there is a soldier with the nuclear football following the president at all times. What could go wrong?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_football

 

-Jochen

 

 

 


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