How Do You Feel When You See Pain in Another Person?

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i feel lest we feel less sympathy if it's the stabs a out group member. This is a low level, almost instant neural response to seeing pain in another prson. So people generally feel immediate ampathy. But because i'm capable of meta cognition, i can think about, ok, wel, what does this mean? Example, let's say that you didn't feel empathy. You can say, i well, look, you know, should i feel empathy? What if i pictured that this guys somebody's dad. This guys somebody's son, somebody's spouseo,. If i really think about this, then you can do it, and you can make yourself slightly more aware

In this episode we sit down with neuroscientist David Eagleman to learn how brains turn noise into signal, chaos into order, electrical spikes into meaning, and how new technology can expand subjective reality in ways never before possible.

In his new book, Livewired, Eagleman explores how brains come into the world "half baked" so they can create reality itself out of the inputs and experiences available. And now, thanks to that plug-and-play plasticity, with the latest tools, not only can we return senses to people who've lost them, but we can add to any brain senses we can't imagine.

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