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by ghosty141 1927 days ago
> 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.