> Most of us are hard wired to be emotionally empathetic, that's a 'good thing' Well, it is only about as good as any other animal instinct we possess - when n

> Most of us are hard wired to be emotionally empathetic, that's a 'good thing' Well, it is only about as good as any other animal instinct we possess - when not balanced with norms and intellect they lead to long-term disasters #. It's rather dismaying that a lot of people elevate empathy to the position of supremacy. # For example empathy could cause one to acquit a cute-looking criminal, or to leap to comfort an ebola victim only to become infected themselves and go on to infect the next emphatic person before dying a horrible death.