• @[email protected]
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    73 months ago

    I think of that paper often, though I think it applies equally to other humans. Like I’ll never know how it feels to be Doug unless I fully become Doug, and thus lose my own perspective.

    Like how much of empathy is just projection?

    I feel like a lot of it. We can talk about similarities in physiological responses to events, but as far as the actual subjective “qualia” (I think I’m using the term correctly) 🤷‍♂️

      • @[email protected]
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        43 months ago

        Hell yeah, you’re killing it with these links, thank you.

        I’m not surprised it’s a known phenomenon, but still excited to catch up on others’ thoughts.

        • NielsBohron
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          33 months ago

          No problem! I’m just glad my semi-obsessive reading of wikipedia is helping others, too