Talk:Machiavellianism (psychology)

This article is largely an expansion of the original page authored by Rationalwiki founder Trent Toulouse.

Due to its pseudoscientific nature it probably should be deleted. RobS^{Give Peace a Chance!} 10:22, August 23, 2023 (EDT)

PubMed has over 850 citations related to Machiavellianism.[1]

And given that you have no training in the medical science of psychiatry or the social science of psychology, you are probably not in a good position to decide what is pseudoscientific and what is not pseudoscientific. Conservative (talk) 10:28, August 23, 2023 (EDT)

Oh, now you are defending and expanding upon the pseudoscientific work of the obese atheist Trent Toulouse. Interesting. RobS^{Give Peace a Chance!} 10:31, August 23, 2023 (EDT)

Also, Machiavellenism has a high social cost such as its correlation with white collar crime:

Konnikova, Maria (10 January 2017). The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time. Penguin. ISBN 9780143109877.

Tang, Thomas Li‐Ping, Yuh‐Jia Chen, and Toto Sutarso. "Bad apples in bad (business) barrels: The love of money, Machiavellianism, risk tolerance, and unethical behavior." Management Decision 46.2 (2008): 243-263.

Utami, I., Wijono, S., Noviyanti, S., & Mohamed, N. (2019). Fraud diamond, Machiavellianism and fraud intention. International Journal of Ethics and Systems.Conservative (talk) 10:32, August 23, 2023 (EDT)

Doggie Doo Alert! Doggie doo-doo dead ahead! RobS^{Give Peace a Chance!} 10:33, August 23, 2023 (EDT)