I wonder if true empathy is the ability to let go of the ego ? @Plinz
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Replying to @nr1woman
Not sure if they are related. I think of empathy as a skill that lets us experientially recognize emotional states. It usually works only on people that are quite similar to ourselves, which leads to empathy gaps between neurotribes and political groups.
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Is the categorisation into cognitive and affective empathy valid and useful?
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Replying to @blubberquark @Plinz
I believe that this is the missing link. Neurotypicals can’t let go of the ego .. everyone else is autistic and get blamed that they can’t let go of their ego ... iow they lack empathy according to most researchers.
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Replying to @nr1woman @blubberquark
I think that both neurotypicals and high functioning autistic people can get whereever they need their minds to be, but they start from different priors and will have different trajectories. Autistic people just get a headstart because their priors are more obviously wrong.
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Replying to @nr1woman @blubberquark
Yes. We are born with innate priors that tell our brains how to shape our mental models. Innate priors for behavior are called instincts. When you have autism, your instincts are often wrong, i.e. acting on them may give you consistently worse results than you expect.
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Replying to @Plinz @blubberquark
I don’t believe there is anything wrong with the innate instinct I believe it’s the fact that people don’t act or speak about how they really feel that’s wrong. Of course that’s confusing. I think this is the reason why animals are easier to read. What you see is what you get.
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I believe autistic people are confused because they’ve been told they’re wrong or not normal. The world is programmed with ethics and morals but nature is what it is .
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I think normies tend to be confused because nobody told them they're wrong and not normal. (Almost everyone is somewhat confused, but for the normies it is usually harder to notice.)
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