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Re:The Cause of Depression Is Probably Not What You Think by mensetmanusman on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:34PM (#34539855)
Emotional intelligence is another way of saying that you have the ability to read the room, which clearly many people (and very many of the technical people I interact with) did not have great ability for (which results in a lot of cringe-worthy moments).
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Re:The Cause of Depression Is Probably Not What You Think by skissane on Thursday January 26, 2023 @06:08PM (#34540170)
If you want to talk about “ability to read the room”, correct terminology to use (recognised by researchers) is “social cognition”, “theory of mind”, “nonverbal communication” - unlike those terms, “emotional intelligence” is a fringe theory which has failed to win acceptance
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