RE: The Fawn
June 30, 2014 at 2:05 am
(This post was last modified: June 30, 2014 at 2:07 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 29, 2014 at 4:10 am)Cinjin Wrote: It just seems odd to me. Why do humans feel sadness over the death of an animal we have never known? Scientifically and biologically speaking, why would we care at all?Chiming in with others on the issue of empathy. Just because we have this wonderfully built empathic machine doesn't mean that we're any good at using it, or that it actually knows wtf it's doing. You could consider empathy towards the fawn as a pleasant misfire of your "empathic engine".
That, and that our brains are hopelessly drug addled. Any excuse to put some "empathy" in your veins is a good one - from their pov - as it were.
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