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Uh oh, I got nearly all of them wrong. I hope I'm not a psychopath :(

Somewhat in my defense, although I've seen a few clips with Rogan, I'm not very familiar with him. I agree with the GP's comment, I thought the real Joe Rogan reading ads sounded very staccato and robotic. Near the end I got a little better with the "OK, robotic sounding Joe is the real one."

That said, I'm an introvert and I don't enjoy social situations with people I don't know, so while perhaps not a psychopath it's plausible the my poor ability to infer emotional intonation is at play both here and in social situations.

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I only missed 1 in 8, and I attribute that to a bit too much wine on a Saturday night. I heard "farm fresh" as "farm fish" and thought I was a genius for catching an algorithm error...

However, as I mentioned in this comment[1] I don't think you have much to worry about. The correct criteria for diagnosing fake vs real is actually not being robotic. I knew immediately what was real because there was emphasis and affectation, as opposed to the monotone counterpart.

Finally, a minor quib: "psychopathy" is not about an ability to infer intonation (quite the opposite). I'm an introvert like you (Hell, I'm probably considered a hermit) and I was easily able to identify the doppelganger.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19951679

> Finally, a minor quib: "psychopathy" is not about an ability to infer intonation (quite the opposite). I'm an introvert like you (Hell, I'm probably considered a hermit) and I was easily able to identify the doppelganger.

What does introversion and being a hermit have to do with psychopathy?

Not sure, ask the parent commenter. I was merely attempting a rebuttal to their remark.

I don't think the parent commenter was arguing any sort of relationship between those things. You brought up the introversion/hermit thing so asking the other guy who didnt bring it up how the two things are related doesnt make much sense.

I also was thinking that one's ability to feel another's emotion--empathize--was the key determinant in success here.

I also don't want to make people feel like they're necessarily terrible people if they can't. Sorry if that's the way it came across.

Thinkint about this: It seems that culturally we are comfortable telling people feel like they're dumb (ie SATs, grades, uni admissions) or unathletic (competitive sports is a big part of growing up)... But we don't say anything about moral character.

Really nobody in your upbringing taught you anything about morality? You should probably think about that more. It might just not be obvious.

I never had a coach tell me I am not athletic or a teacher tell me I am dumb.

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