To my knowledge...
Psychopath: Someone who has no sympathy for human life nor understands it.
Sociopath: someone who is incapable or has a difficult time discerning human emotion.
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Not quite. Sociopaths generally have a very good grasp of human emotion. They lack cognitive empathy. That is to say, outside of a few people, the majority of the world isn't of any importance, as long as they get what they want. On the very mild end, this is pretty prevalent in successful corporate owners (because as long as THEY'RE doing fine, many don't care about the people beneath them). In a nutshell, to a sociopath, most of the world is made up of "cardboard people".
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Oh wow! Well that gives me some more perspective then! Thanks!
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Yeah, no prob!