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Looking to the origins empathy as a biologically successful phenomenon, I think that it conferred a reproductive advantage during the rapid social evolution of our species and so developed in that period. Our species came to a point where it could survive well enough to where mating was not a matter of merely surviving long enough to have offspring, but rather became a matter of choice. What our ancestors found preferential is also what we prefer: degrees of physical and emotional appeal based on opportunity. Empathy has a reproductive advantage because a person who has a developed sense of it not only better understands those around him, but also knows better how to interact with them more fruitfully.

How do you define sociopathy?

This is easy...

An animal sees another animal do something. It then eventually does the same thing itself. It puts two and two together, and any personal feelings they have towards that situation, they project onto another individual.

Empathy is overreaching selfishness with alot of guesswork.

So next time you ask someone, "what's wrong", remember, you are a psychopath.

omega. what the hell are you talking about? you're an idiot. you have the animal part partially correct. but think about this. Have you ever seen a dog come up to someone upset and try to comfort them? it really goes back quite a bit. its about social behaviors in the wild. a pack of animals can't work as efficiently if one is upset or  feeling bad. so whats the natural response? you comfort them by understanding how they are and relating to them so that teamwork is established and working.

It is all correct. There is no aether or force where by your feelings leap from another individual to yourself. It is all self contained.

Is this place honestly filled with pastors or what? Nobody was fooling with you. Those were indeed poisonous mushrooms.

Okay okay, so maybe there are chemical signals, that evoke emotions, such as oxytocin, but that is not empathy. 

do you have any idea of what you had just said? empathy is the result of those chemical signals.

by Jonathan

btw i didn't know what aether meant so i searched it up. here it is

Aether 
Aether is the existence of a medium, the aether, a space-filling substance or field, thought to be necessary as a transmission medium for the propagation of electromagnetic or gravitational forces

How about you get your shit straight before throwing words you obviously don't know you idiot

do you have any idea of what you had just said? empathy is the result of those chemical signals. here it is

Aether 
Aether is the existence of a medium, the aether, a space-filling substance or field, thought to be necessary as a transmission medium for the propagation of electromagnetic or gravitational forces

How about you get your shit straight before throwing words you obviously don't know you idiot

It wasn't too long ago we had a discussion along those lines.

It has been argued, with evidence, how the heart is the most electric instrument in the body, and how it generates an EMF.

The nature of the heart, how it varies in speed and aggression based on mood will no doubt alter the frequency of the magnetic field.

As for Aether. That is an old expression to describe the electrical forces that fill space. Today we call it radio waves or electromagnetism, the term aether is good enough. It's real and we use it all the time, from radio and cell phones to wifi routers. It can even be used to power things wirelessly.

On a side note, some people seem to think EMF's are only good for technology, as if it's existence in the universe has been solely awaiting the making of technologies that can utilize it. 

Science has confirmed, the brain is responsive to electromagnetic stimulation. In the right spots, with the right frequency, they have succeeded in curing depression.

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My adopted theory is. Radio waves, and how we've been amplifying it on many frequencies and transmitting it through, however you want to call it, space, air, or blasting it into the aether. It surely makes a lot of noise so in many a case, we've been blinded from our empathic abilities while the hearts of others, their EMF signals, share the same space as ALL those radio stations that are on us the hell right now.

In essence. There is a disturbance in the force. Though it's right in front of them, people don't want to believe unless the rest of the flock wakes up.

by HelloTech

If everything we do, and everything we are is based on evolution.  At any given point of time, the human race is at its most optimal form.

Which brings me to the question of: What role does empathy" play in the basic survival of our species.  While a large ratio of successful professionals have traits of sociopaths.  They are biologically better mating partners and therefore should weed out all the empies, guppies, and sheep.

I wonder if with the rise of the industrial revolution, technological literacy, and beyond, will there be an increase in the amount of sociopaths among us?

Delving a little deeper, if you were a sociopath, and had the ability to make extremely difficult decisions based on logic entirely.  Then, out comes a "wonder drug" which cures your or stimulates your anterior insular cortex  would you "opt in? or "opt out?  More importantly why? 

Firstly, the industrial revolution is gone. Boom. Over. The technological revolution is still in full swing though so it will be interesting to see where that leads. I'm also interested in whether or not you believe that somehow, the technological revolution will increase the prevalence of sociopathy in society. National economic crises certainly do - in the early 1990s there were more diagnosed sociopaths in Scotland than there were in the USA, which was a very unusual trend reversal.

Secondly, some sociopaths might take this wonder drug if their condition was explained to them in a such a way that they could see how their condition had adversely affected their financial and social circumstances. These would only be the sociopaths who were actually diagnosed, however, and those who are diagnosed tend to be diagnosed in psychiatric wards, prisons, or drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities, so it'd be easier for them to see that their condition has had a negative impact on their lives. The "successful" sociopath - s/he who walks amongst us - would probably never opt in (assuming that s/he were even aware that s/he was a sociopath).

by batshitcrazy

If we didn't have empathy, The population of earth would be drastically reduced. Mothers would abandon their newborns or kill them. People would not treat disease, No one would care for elders.

 

You realize this?

 IMHO that would be fan-fucking-tastic. The last thing this place needs is more shrieking brats and more elderly people. I've nothing against kids or elderly people - we've just got too many of them both.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/25/psychopaths-empathy-_n_3652792.html

Everyone, even psychopaths, feel empathy. They're just misunderstood guys. They'd never harm another person.