interesting to think of empathy as a skill. I don't have a formal answer, but that is also how I've been approaching it.
one could tell the opposite blanket story: "people who spend their lives being oppressed are all angry + reactive" are there any data here?https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/638203839775158272 …
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theory: those who need it represent a diverse/challenging group, a gauntlet to grow that skill with? Would love data also.
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But I break down empathy into two parts: skill in listening/patience, and a penchant for collecting worldviews/models. YMMV
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interesting. my understanding of empathy has been almost entirely intuitive and tacit, I should try to extract something explicit
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skimming psychometric lit, looks like they're still working on an instrument, one relevant study: http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Abstract/2009/09000/The_Jefferson_Scale_of_Physician_Empathy_.14.aspx …
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no major group differences across genders, etc in an Italian hospital. maybe bad initial news for the
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I think the larger idea is we might want to exercise empathy by looking at message which aren't the dominate ones.
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that does seem like one very good exercise, but I think the initial claim was a bit stronger; or am I missing something?
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