tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643803446466268323.post1993187274786620592..comments2019-10-17T10:20:18.825+10:00Comments on Principles to Live By: Empathy & the Future of the Human BrainPaul Chippendalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17186629717655349546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643803446466268323.post-34892933233482593552010-11-27T22:11:11.868+10:002010-11-27T22:11:11.868+10:00I was referring to empathy in the sence most peopl...I was referring to empathy in the sence most people use the term. Latest scientific research indicates it is an emergent property of mirror neurons. It has nothing to do with consciousness--people's ability to empathsise with others is a developed skill. Susan Greenfield discusses recent research which shows that, in certain circumstances, screen based technology can inhibit the development of this skill.Paul Chippendalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17186629717655349546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643803446466268323.post-43386463805712543212010-11-27T20:47:07.259+10:002010-11-27T20:47:07.259+10:00there is a large increase in the number of "e...there is a large increase in the number of "empaths" in the last decade. by this i mean individual people who have empathy, who in essence have "psychically" expanded the subtlety of their awareness to such a degree that they are able to cognized the mental, emotional, psychological makeup of other people, other cultures, even those outside the range of the senses.<br /><br />so, expanding what you are looking at, changes this question.<br /><br />we perhaps are looking at a split in social structures, those who are more conscious, those who are not. yet.gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408369948377761936noreply@blogger.com