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| Daniel Urtiz 2004-10-30, 7:06 pm |
| Sometimes when you see someone who has been hurt, it reminds you of
yourself.
It sometimes evokes a weird reaction.
Why?
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| gravity 2004-10-30, 7:06 pm |
| Daniel Urtiz wrote:
> Sometimes when you see someone who has been hurt, it reminds you of
> yourself.
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> It sometimes evokes a weird reaction.
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> Why?
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empathy. perhaps it's a weakness and strength at the same time.
Dawkins wrote a book i've been meaning to get called The Selfish Gene.
it examines the utility of altruism in species.
michael
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| Daniel Urtiz 2004-10-30, 7:06 pm |
| Michael,
I think it is sometimes empathic not to talk.
The Native Americans seemed like a silent, stoic bunch, but they might
have been more empathic than they are sometimes depicted. Their silence
might have had a certain wisdom to it that they alone understood.
Perhaps they were even waiting for something. Their culture is not
necessarily bereft of hope and it goes beyond the Bible.
Daniel Urtiz
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