Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agoWhat is a human behaviour you've never understood?message-squaremessage-square344fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down17
arrow-up1173arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a human behaviour you've never understood?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square344fedilink
minus-squareHegar@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 days ago I don’t know how he can live with himself. There’s a thing our brains do when we have power like wealth, status, fame, etc. - the parts responsible for empathy are suppressed. The rich and powerful are neurologically less capable of considering the suffering of others.
minus-squaresweetviolentblush@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 days agoOh I’m aware, I meant the ‘I don’t know how’ more like the very idea of being ok with that is incomprehensible to me
There’s a thing our brains do when we have power like wealth, status, fame, etc. - the parts responsible for empathy are suppressed. The rich and powerful are neurologically less capable of considering the suffering of others.
Oh I’m aware, I meant the ‘I don’t know how’ more like the very idea of being ok with that is incomprehensible to me