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Isn't this a natural result of how empathy works? You can both feel the urge from your own brain, and far more comprehensively understand the consequences, of
by esotericn 6y ago
Isn't this a natural result of how empathy works?
You can both feel the urge from your own brain, and far more comprehensively understand the consequences, of not doing a thing (employment, meeting a long term partner, friend, ...).
By contrast when you see a person on the street it's easy to think "rules say no hence bad".
As others state, you're also wired to think of the novel/interesting case and ignore the people holed up at home because they're invisible.
- danaliv 6y agoOr the fundamental attribution error. If someone else does something wrong, it's because of who they are as a person; if I do something wrong, it's because of my special circumstances.