266: The Science of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (with NOAHFINNCE)

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🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Narcissistic Personality Disorder is one of the most maligned and misunderstood of mental conditions, so this week we're dipping our toes into the science behind the disorder!

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References & Further Reading
https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/NPI/1.php
https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/NPI/1.php
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819598/
https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/research-and-discoveries-articles/study-shows-narcissistic-personality-disorder-may-have-a-biological-component
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-narcissism-science-confronts-a-widely-misunderstood-phenomenon1/
https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tVP1zc0zDIpSSrJKy4wYPQSLU7OTM1LTlXIT1PISyxKziwuzizOBQDxCQ0z&q=science+of+narcissism&rlz=1C5CHFA_enGB727GB727&oq=science+of+narciss&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgBEC4YgAQyCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyBwgBEC4YgAQyBggCEEUYOTIHCAMQABiABDIICAQQABgWGB4yCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjIGCAcQRRg90gEINDI5M2owajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=narcissism&sort=pubdate
https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14060723
https://www.britannica.com/science/narcissism/Narcissistic-pathology-and-behaviour
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/personality-disorders/types-of-personality-disorder/#NarcissisticPersonalityDisorder
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7735512/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Sci Guys, the show where we talk about the crazy, weird, and wonderful
0:12.0	stories from the science world.
0:14.1	I'm Corey, and as always, I'm joined by my co-host, Luke Cutford, and this week's special
0:18.4	guest, The Fifth Cy Guy, Noah Fitts!
0:19.6	Yeah!
0:35.7	This week we're talking about grandiose Greeks and something else, but first we've got a wee YouTube comment.
0:36.5	What does it say?
0:37.0	Dogs.
0:38.3	Oh! Yeah. Dogs. What does it say? Dogs. Oh. Yeah.
0:39.3	Dogs.
0:40.3	What?
0:41.3	Plural?
0:42.3	Okay.
0:43.3	More than one.
0:44.3	I've also got a question for you all.
0:45.3	Now, if you want to answer this question, you're on YouTube, get down to the comments.
0:47.3	You know that. If you're on Spotify, go to the spot where you answer them.
0:52.3	And if you're anywhere else, here's what you do. Get a mirror. Look into it.
0:56.5	Just keep on staring into it. Realize, you'll never look as good as this. And then I don't really care what you do. You don't need to answer the question.
1:04.8	Question is, are you a narcissist? I hope not. Definitely not.
1:10.4	That's what a narcissist would say though.
1:11.6	I feel like a narcissist, you definitely are not a narcissist if you don't want to be a...
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