In psychology, there was a principle that could hardly be called a theorem: people with antisocial personalities were born with the ability to manipulate others.
Contrary to what many believed, people with antisocial personalities did not lack sympathy or empathy. On the contrary, many of them perceived emotions far more keenly than ordinary people and judged others' emotional states with remarkable accuracy.
It was simply that the evil elements within their personalities turned this innate instinct into an unfailing weapon, using it to manipulate others and achieve their own ends.
At the same time, they were far better than ordinary people at performing emotions. With almost no effort, they could disguise their emotional state so flawlessly that no one noticed a crack.
To say it again, supercriminals like Joker and Scarecrow did not have mental illnesses. They had no episodes, nor were they like Riddler, who completely lost control during an episode and displayed all sorts of psychosomatic symptoms.
There were no lesions in their brains, and their nervous systems functioned normally, allowing them to carry out all kinds of precise operations at any moment. That was why they could use their abilities to create such chaotic situations.
They were not sick. They were simply antisocial.
Antisocial personalities could also be divided into two types. Psychology had never drawn a clear distinction between them, but they could roughly be summarized as Active Type and Sloth Type.
Joker was clearly the representative of the Active Type. The manic excitement he had always displayed was not a symptom of mental illness such as schizophrenia, but rather the positive reinforcement brought to him by the antisocial elements in his personality.
It was like, "The moment I think about how much chaos I'm going to cause, I'm filled with fighting spirit."
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