RE: Empathy Quotient
May 22, 2018 at 11:12 am
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2018 at 11:14 am by paulpablo.)
I got 26.
I think some questions are flawed unless you ask other people's opinions and then you're relying on them telling the truth.
Things like can you easily tell if someone else is bored in a conversation?
How can you tell if you can easily tell if someone is bored in a conversation? If you didn't notice someone was bored you'd think no one was bored in that conversation until you did notice it then you'd think you were good at noticing it. But you might only pick up on it 2 out of 10 times.
Another was do you find it difficult putting yourself in someone else's shoes.
I think it takes effort for anyone to try and imagine what another person has to go through no matter how good you are at doing that and even then no one can truly do it totally accurately.
Other people might think they're great at it because they have a generally high opinion of themselves but they might not be.
I don't doubt the results though, I'm social to pass the time and I can see the fun in being around people but I'm not one for going out to places specifically to dress up and be social.
People have told me I have some minor autistic tendencies.
Also I do feel like I've had to learn a lot socially, it hasn't come easily or instinctively to me.
I think some questions are flawed unless you ask other people's opinions and then you're relying on them telling the truth.
Things like can you easily tell if someone else is bored in a conversation?
How can you tell if you can easily tell if someone is bored in a conversation? If you didn't notice someone was bored you'd think no one was bored in that conversation until you did notice it then you'd think you were good at noticing it. But you might only pick up on it 2 out of 10 times.
Another was do you find it difficult putting yourself in someone else's shoes.
I think it takes effort for anyone to try and imagine what another person has to go through no matter how good you are at doing that and even then no one can truly do it totally accurately.
Other people might think they're great at it because they have a generally high opinion of themselves but they might not be.
I don't doubt the results though, I'm social to pass the time and I can see the fun in being around people but I'm not one for going out to places specifically to dress up and be social.
People have told me I have some minor autistic tendencies.
Also I do feel like I've had to learn a lot socially, it hasn't come easily or instinctively to me.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
