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Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?

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RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?

October 29, 2010 at 1:48 pm

It has to do with an individual's empathy. When one person suffers, we feel empathy for that one person. When many people suffer, our empathy is increased exponentially. If feels worse when more people suffer to those of us not included in the suffering.

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Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - October 29, 2010 at 12:41 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Yahadreas - October 29, 2010 at 1:38 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Violet - October 30, 2010 at 3:52 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by The Omnissiunt One - October 29, 2010 at 1:46 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Paul the Human - October 29, 2010 at 1:48 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - October 30, 2010 at 5:46 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Violet - October 30, 2010 at 7:01 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - October 30, 2010 at 7:36 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Yahadreas - October 30, 2010 at 6:38 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - October 30, 2010 at 6:43 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by ib.me.ub - October 30, 2010 at 7:40 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - October 30, 2010 at 8:36 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Violet - October 30, 2010 at 8:44 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - October 30, 2010 at 9:47 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by ib.me.ub - October 30, 2010 at 9:00 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - October 30, 2010 at 10:14 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by ib.me.ub - October 30, 2010 at 9:54 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by ib.me.ub - October 30, 2010 at 10:53 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - October 30, 2010 at 12:10 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Paul the Human - October 30, 2010 at 12:13 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - October 30, 2010 at 4:39 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Minimalist - October 30, 2010 at 5:20 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Paul the Human - October 30, 2010 at 5:44 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - October 31, 2010 at 5:45 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by ib.me.ub - October 31, 2010 at 10:19 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by theVOID - November 1, 2010 at 5:42 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - November 2, 2010 at 5:25 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Shinylight - November 2, 2010 at 7:26 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by theVOID - November 2, 2010 at 9:12 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - November 3, 2010 at 7:47 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Violet - November 3, 2010 at 7:53 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Tiberius - November 3, 2010 at 7:56 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - November 3, 2010 at 12:02 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by theVOID - November 3, 2010 at 3:54 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - November 4, 2010 at 6:17 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by theVOID - November 4, 2010 at 6:49 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Paul the Human - November 2, 2010 at 7:23 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - November 3, 2010 at 7:12 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Violet - November 3, 2010 at 7:18 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Tiberius - November 3, 2010 at 7:48 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by ib.me.ub - November 2, 2010 at 7:49 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Paul the Human - November 2, 2010 at 7:56 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by theVOID - November 2, 2010 at 9:18 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by ib.me.ub - November 2, 2010 at 8:07 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - November 3, 2010 at 7:56 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Violet - November 3, 2010 at 8:29 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - November 3, 2010 at 8:39 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by jason56 - November 4, 2010 at 10:02 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by theVOID - November 5, 2010 at 12:51 am

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by jason56 - December 17, 2010 at 8:00 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by theVOID - December 17, 2010 at 10:47 pm

RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by jason56 - December 24, 2010 at 10:11 pm

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