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She asked for kindness & mercy & the entire right experienced it as a grave insult. They're not faking it either -- the idea that they should be empathetic, care about other, lesser people, really does upset them, at a gut level.
@volts.wtf Perhaps visceral #resistance to #empathy is caused by lack of an #EmpathyGene 
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https://www.nature.com/nature-index/article/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.03.041
@ChemicalEyeGuy
Might be, or might be not, apart from the scientific debate (which is not politically neutral anyway) to me it seems like it would be yet another misused neuroscience/biological info -just as potentially dangerous as it is convenient for justification :/ #anthropology
@volts.wtf
@materhyu @volts.wtf The last #debate that I recall about #sociobiology was stifled by #politics. #CRISPR gene editing #chemistry has been developed and #DNA testing has been revolutionized since then. I understand the concerns, but also the threats. Something akin to the Asilomar Conference on recombinant DNA technology, but with virtual participation allowed, would be prudent, I think.