”People think empathy is about a warm, fuzzy feeling they get when they help someone. But it’s not. Empathy is about getting inside someone’s head, seeing the world from their perspective and understanding what they need.”
I think this comment is especially excellent. Technically there are different definitions of empathy, the most stark example of the difference being psycopaths who can have amazing cognitive empathy but zero affective empathy, but I still think this comment captures the heart of the issue well.
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”People think empathy is about a warm, fuzzy feeling they get when they help someone. But it’s not. Empathy is about getting inside someone’s head, seeing the world from their perspective and understanding what they need.”
I think this comment is especially excellent. Technically there are different definitions of empathy, the most stark example of the difference being psycopaths who can have amazing cognitive empathy but zero affective empathy, but I still think this comment captures the heart of the issue well.