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Can science explain the ‘empathy deficit’ ?
The US president claims the ‘empathy deficit’ is a more pressing problem than the federal deficit, but, says Mark Honigsbaum, empathy may be merely a product of changing scientific fashions In 2011, researchers at the University of Chicago conducted a simple experiment to ascertain whether a rat would release another…
This ain’t no party, this is empathy boot camp, ladies
Those evo psych quacks are getting craftier about pushing their message (in essence: women are less worthy than men and therefore should have to do more work for less pay)—the trick increasingly is not to flatter male egos by telling them that they’re meant to roam around town fucking everyone…
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