You said -- "What's really interesting about psychotics like Pianka is that they undoubtedly think of themselves as being among the lucky 10% who will survive."
Undoubtedly, he (or others like him) would like to work on perfecting that killing rate -- and then -- also develop a serum for protecting those who *deserve* to be the remaining ones.
So, he's probably thinking of protecting himself and others like him.
However, I would like to say something about that term (and other terms like it) -- "psychotics".
That kind of terminology sort of dismisses the seriousness of the whole matter. I think these people are serious and -- apart from those kinds of deviant theories -- if you or I were to talk to him, we would probably think he was no different than anyone else that lives in our own neighborhoods.
The problem here -- is that he's got a *theory* that *stems directly from Evolutionary Theory* -- in that we deserve no more right to live than a bacteria. If he's *serious* about that theory -- he *has to* come to this conclusion. It's not "psychotic" -- it's simply an outgrowth of an *anti-God" and "anti-Biblical" theory. This is simply the *results* of that.
When the world *abandons* the truth of God -- this is what you get. It's not "psychotic" -- it's no more than being committed to the philosophy that Satan would have mankind believe -- "evolution" -- instead of being created by God. That's the real problem -- not a "psychosis".
Regards,
Star Traveler
That kind of terminology sort of dismisses the seriousness of the whole matter. Not at all. I take this guy very seriously.
While I agree with your larger point (that he has cast off conventional morality), I still say that he's "psychotic" in the dictionary sense of the term: "fundamental mental derangement (as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality."
Psychotics can be very high-functioning, as this fellow obviously is, and they can also be very charismatic -- as this fellow obviously is. That's why they're so dangerous.