217 - Livewired - David Eagleman (rebroadcast)
You Are Not So Smart
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How Do You Feel When You See Pain in Another Person?
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
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