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Careful, if you care too much about others and find yourself full of empathy, you may be on the path to ebil soviet China 1984 gommunism
Still waiting for evidence that empathy is the opposite of rational thought.
Reminds me of a study I once read where they used drugs to suppress emotions in rats.
The rats all basically lost all desire to do anything, including eating and basic hygiene.
Seconded, as someone who’s struggling with depression that’s what it feels like. Not just “the big sad” but more like “the big nothing”.
I would not wish “no emotions” on anyone, not even my worst enemy.
It’s not thought at all. It’s the experience of vicarious pain. It might even be the basis for our social tendencies. Best example I know of are neurological studies that suggest that witnessing footage of someone getting stabbed forces you to experience at least a tiny, compartmentalized version of the stabbing, even feeling it in the same spot. It’s probably one of the most fundamental parts of the human experience but I personally don’t understand it as something I do rationally, but in a good way, if that makes sense?
I messed up my search history so you don’t have to: There is no such study. The “source” is a book by Gad Saad, a Canadian marketing professor, called “The Parasitic Mind,” which has a quote from Jordan Peterson on the cover. I’m assuming that and the absence of any reviews in the scholarly lit give you an indication of how seriously it should be taken.
“Uncontrolled empathy” okay calm down satan.
Lots of fancy words to dress up me not feeling bad about being a piece of shit to people.
uncontrolled empathy
my god that is so goddamn stupid lmao
