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Topic: Zero Degrees of Empathy
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listenstotrees
Knowflake Posts: 1941
From: Rivendell
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 17, 2011 05:37 PM
  
http://youtu.be/Aq_nCTGSfWE Professor Simon Baron Cohen presents a new way of understanding what it is that leads individuals down negative paths, and challenges all of us to consider replacing the idea of evil with the idea of empathy-erosion. Listen to the full audio: http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/2011/zero-degrees-of-empathy IP: Logged |
Lei_Kuei
Moderator Posts: 283
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 18, 2011 02:36 AM
Well the dude gives a very clinical presentation with zero charisma lol, nonetheless some of it was interesting. In particular the monkey who refused food for 12 days because in order to get fed, he had to hurt another monkey...  Ive been know to stab my brother with a fork during dinner if he makes a move for the last piece of chicken, perhaps we can all learn a little empathy from the monkeys  But then again, according to the good doctor, its almost set in stone how much empathy one has by the time you are a pre-teen or earlier ------------------
“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
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Ami Anne
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From: Pluto/house next to NickiG
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted July 24, 2011 01:40 PM
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Originally posted by Lei_Kuei:
Well the dude gives a very clinical presentation with zero charisma lol, nonetheless some of it was interesting. In particular the monkey who refused food for 12 days because in order to get fed, he had to hurt another monkey... Ive been know to stab my brother with a fork during dinner if he makes a move for the last piece of chicken, perhaps we can all learn a little empathy from the monkeys But then again, according to the good doctor, its almost set in stone how much empathy one has by the time you are a pre-teen or earlier
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