Zero Degrees of Empathy

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• GA

  @gargoylesama · 15 years ago

  There are also those that have 'empathy burn out'.  Not that they don't have empathy, but have used their empathy to their breaking point and just can't really access it.  Sometimes the only fix for that is to take me time and be a bit selfish to allow your own empathy to recover.

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• CO

  @CognosSquare · 15 years ago

  The sound-guy should use an Audio-effect kalled "de-esser" on this video.

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• KE

  @keithklassen5320 · 8 years ago

  I feel that the word &quot;empathy&quot; isn&apos;t specific enough for the purposes of this talk; it seems to me that the &quot;lack of empathy&quot; shown by a psychopath is a radically different thing from the &quot;lack of empathy&quot; of some people on the autism spectrum. Perhaps we can distinguish between empathy as expressed by <b>understanding</b> of the emotions of another, and empathy as expressed by <b>care for</b> the emotions of another.

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• BA

  @BadgerBotherer1 · 9 years ago

  A disproportionate amount of psychopaths, paradoxically, end up working in the &apos;care professions&apos; - i.e., in social work, mental health, etc. I&apos;ve lost count of the number of reports I&apos;ve heard of abuse of vulnerable people by social services, including my own experiences.

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• EN

  @Engladko · 13 years ago

  What an unbelievably crude and unscientific way to assess a persons empathy. (4:40) First point: It&apos;s necessary to distinguish the cognitive ability to understand that one is being rude or inappropriate, from the willingness and propensity of an individual to back off of that behaviour as the result of empathy. You cant assume a lack of practical social action to be synonymous with a lack of empathy. The lack in a person with aspergers, is the knowledge of which social action is appropriate

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• AN

  @anormalgirl9804 · 10 years ago

  Lack of empathy can be induced through brainwashing, certain negative life situations or intense negative emotions like anger or fear.

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• EM

  @EmperorsNewWardrobe · 14 years ago

  Love that this guy is related to Ali G

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• TA

  @tangent272 · 15 years ago

  You could do a whole undergrad module on this topic (about 25 hours, + reading) and never be borred.

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• AL

  @AliciaM5555 · 4 years ago

  Untrue about BPD. I have attempted suicide and I meant it, twice, and this came on the heels of losing my mother, bf, and great grandmother in one year. Typically, cluster b disorders are PTSD behaviors and specifically BPD can be 100% healed. DBT therapy works and I am enjoying almost complete remission, thank you very much.

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• FE

  @felicianothorpe8998 · 5 years ago

  This is profound.So glad I found this.

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• J.

  @j.b.4340 · 2 years ago

  I can do cognitive empathy, when I’m in tuned in. Affective empathy is actually exhausting, and I can’t sustain, so I usually don’t start. It’s there, just not always accessible. Dr.Cohen is great, and I always enjoy his chats.

• BO

  @Bobbiethejean · 15 years ago

  This was an absolutely fascinating video.

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