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Right. It isn’t about objective criteria, but instead subjective self identification not associated with external measures.
by austincheney 6y ago
Right. It isn’t about objective criteria, but instead subjective self identification not associated with external measures.
- eyelidlessness 6y agoI don’t understand what you’re trying to make objective, but if you spend lots of time alone and don’t feel lonely, and if other people spend lots or even little amounts of time alone and do feel lonely, those are objectively different emotional experiences. Why isn’t that worth understanding?
- austincheney 6y agoBecause social anxiety, of which loneliness without consideration for being alone is a part of, is already extensively researched, even its implications on neurophysiology. Being alone and the implications of resulting loneliness is radically different and less understood. Using improper measures to confuse the former for the later is bad science.
- eyelidlessness 6y agoHuh?
- eyelidlessness 6y agoReading this again, I think it’s worth pointing out to you a couple of things: - A lack of emotional response is just as subjective as a presence of emotional response. - Those of us (including me) who lack common emotional responses are more likely to miss normal social cues, and thereby less likely to have objective interpretations of social scenarios.