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Re:Empathy and perspective taking: How social skills are built by throw999666 on Saturday November 14, 2020 @09:31AM (#25092483)
It is far more common than you think. Nearly half of everyone acts this way. More than 3/4 if you add "to some extent". But many of most of them can be "rationally compassionate".
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Re:Empathy and perspective taking: How social skills are built by kayodelycaon on Saturday November 14, 2020 @10:01AM (#25092665)
Not sure which part of my comment is “more common than I think” but I’m pretty sure 3/4s of the population doesn’t have autism or a similar developmental issue.

As a note, I don’t personally have autism, my issue is different, but I share a significant number of traits with those who do.

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Re:Empathy and perspective taking: How social skills are built by throw999666 on Saturday November 14, 2020 @10:11AM (#25092716)
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> I then attempt to do the proper things to make that happen. Society tells us that this way of handling interpersonal interaction is manipulative and evil.

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