DarkTetrad
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Amongst the 3 components in the Dark Triad, only Machiavellianism is environmental. Which means until you develop it, you have to rely on narcissism and psychopathy.
The reason narcissism is helpful to IQ is because it actually has defense mechanisms against higher IQ Machiavellianistic manipulations from the environment.
IE, let’s say you set out a huge goal that would be deemed by the majority of the people, everyone will discourage you and tell you it’s impossible, if you innately have a lot of narcissism you’ll refuse to listen believing you are the best. Which improves your chances of succeeding, it also amplifies compliments you receive and minimizes criticism you receive, if the narcissism is grandiose in nature and not vulnerable.
And when speaking of Dark Triad, we refer to grandiose narcissism.
The reason narcissism is helpful to IQ is because it actually has defense mechanisms against higher IQ Machiavellianistic manipulations from the environment.
IE, let’s say you set out a huge goal that would be deemed by the majority of the people, everyone will discourage you and tell you it’s impossible, if you innately have a lot of narcissism you’ll refuse to listen believing you are the best. Which improves your chances of succeeding, it also amplifies compliments you receive and minimizes criticism you receive, if the narcissism is grandiose in nature and not vulnerable.
And when speaking of Dark Triad, we refer to grandiose narcissism.