
#147 — Stephen Fry
Making Sense with Sam Harris
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Empathy Is Coming From Embarrassment
Embarrassment ar a result of empathy. You're embarrassed for other people when you see them making a mistake. Because embarassment, there is one's own shame pouder whatever word you want to use,. One desires all the things that we're ashamed of. I have a problem watching ice skating. Oh, the failures in ice skating i find more painful than anywhere in athletics. The mismatch between what was gracefully being accomplished and what happens when they splatter all over the ice. Ys A, it'sua ghastlya! Do you know paul bloom's work on empathy? I've heard of it, but i don't know. That actually is pretty even
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