In the same logic, if i killed you and no one knows it, then your murder didn't happen.
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Yes, and that's questionable.
Yes...
This is an incredibly low empathy question.
Things that you're not aware of still matter.
And this should be obvious, but a woman is a human, if she was really liberated from something, she would be aware of it. There is literally always an observer unless you're so far gone you really don't think a woman counts...
Yes, woman is a human. Humans are human. But we tend to only care about those we hear of. A woman in a dire circumstance without someone putting her on insta is still suffering just as much.
also, low empathy is a cognitive issue one cannot help. Refrain from ableism if you care for neurodivergent people. I do not need empathy to care for people.
low empathy is a cognitive issue one cannot help
Nope, even without ASPD empathy is a learned skill that has to be developed. And someone with a totally broken oxytocin system can still conciously be empathetic with effort. I literally do it every day.
I do not need empathy to care for people.
Literally what empathy means...
What if you can't learn?
Also by whose dictionary are you defining empathy? I wish people well, would seek to alleviate their suffering, I practice compassion. I do not need empathy for any of it.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy
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empathy
noun
em·pa·thy ˈem-pə-thē
Synonyms of empathy
1 : the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another Lead by example and demonstrate the power of empathy and compassion.— Shari Bailey There's no love in this character, no hidden empathy or tenderness that surfaces late in the story.— Julie Hinds A little politeness, respect and empathy go a long way toward making our online experiences enjoyable and fulfilling.— Jim Sabataso Seen from the protagonists' worldview, the film becomes an earnest call for empathy in a country that is witnessing an unprecedented influx of immigrants.— Emiliano Granada also : the capacity for this … the bully shows a lack of empathy and may joke at another person's expense. — Sherri Gordon We often think of empathy—people's ability to share and understand each other's experiences—as a hard-wired trait, but it's actually more like a skill. The right experiences, habits and practices can increase our empathic capacity … — Jamil Zaki
2 : the act of imagining one's ideas, feelings, or attitudes as fully inhabiting something observed (such as a work of art or natural occurrence) : the imaginative projection (see projection sense 6b) of a subjective (see subjective entry 1 sense 3a) state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it To have empathy, in the early 1900s, was to enliven an object. … Some of the earliest psychology experiments on empathy focused on … a bodily feeling or movement that produced a sense of merging with an object. One subject imagining a bunch of grapes felt "a cool, juicy feeling all over."— Susan Lanzoni
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/care%20for
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care for
phrasal verb
cared for; caring for; cares for
1 : to do the things that are needed to help and protect (a person or animal) : look after (someone or something) She cares for elderly patients. Who is caring for your son while you are at work?
2 : to feel affection for (someone) I got the feeling he never really cared for me.
3 somewhat formal : to like or enjoy (something) —often used in negative statements I don't care for jelly beans. I don't care for your tone of voice.
4 somewhat formal : to want (something) Would you care for some pie?
If your mom dropped you as a baby and never told anyone about it, do you still have brain damage?
Yes.
Would you judge this person then for acting like they have brain damage? Do you go around making fun of disabled people?
I dont understand the downvotes. If something doesnt get enough coverage/attention it tends to be forgotten.
People crave spectacle.
One person decided that I lack empathy (he doesn't know what the word means) based on this. He said as much. Possibly others read it and decided it must be true, and thus I am worthy of burial.
Obviously not. We all know history started in 1997 with the launch of SixDegrees. Nothing happened before that.
Born in 1973. Can confirm nothing happened prior to 1997.
If a war ~~liberates~~ kills a woman in a country you’ve never heard of, and no one posts about it on social media, did the ~~liberation~~ killing even happen?
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I guess if the woman somehow doesn't know. Feel like it'd be a pretty big deal to her, though.
I'm sure, but do others understand the liberation?
AI ass post