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by M2Ys4U 1928 days ago
> I doubt the people high up the ladder think themselves without conscience. Quite the opposite.

Some might, and just not care. Psychopaths aren't that rare (although how frequent the incidence is within Nasa is I have no idea)

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> Psychopaths aren't that rare

Any evidence for that statement? Wikipedia and its sources suggest otherwise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy#Frequency

> 1.2% of a US sample scored 13 or more out of 24, indicating "potential psychopathy"

Those 1.2% are only "potential psychopaths" so the real number might be even less. An illness that only affects <1% of a population can definitely be seen as rare.