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I'm Chris. I am: Poet. Artist. Lover of academy and porch. This is my Tumblr which is licensed under Creative Commons. Enjoy.
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Mon 12 May
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Empathy
So, I see that Simon Baron-Cohen’s empathy test is making the rounds on Tumblr. That provides me with an opportunity to talk about a common misunderstanding about empathy.
[Read the whole post; it’s very good]
But the point with this post was to illustrate the difference between different kinds of empathy, and not do so in a wishy-washy New Age kind of way. This is especially important since empathy is often not used in a value neutral way: often, to say that such-and-such is empathic often implies that they are a good person, while saying that such-and-such lacks empathy often implies that they are akin to a psychopath.
Mon 12 May
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free university berlin - 3 dimensions arn’t enough
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the bouquet - you know who
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“A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God?”
Mon 12 May
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