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    Then my question is how many of ordinary mathematicians also qualify as artists of their profession…

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Posing as a “virtuous victim” associated with the “dark triad” of personality traits

According to three psychologists at (ironically enough) the University of British Columbia.  From the abstract:

We show that individuals with Dark Triad traits—Machiavellianism, Narcissism, Psychopathy—more frequently signal virtuous victimhood, controlling for demographic and socioeconomic variables that are commonly associated with victimization in Western societies….[W]e show that a specific dimension of Machiavellianism—amoral manipulation—and a form of narcissism that reflects a person’s belief in their superior prosociality predict more frequent virtuous victim signaling.

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