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Pain and empathy
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Pain and empathy
So I just finished an episode of House. One of the patients had Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA). Would an inability to feel pain limit an ability to empathize? And would that affect the human experience?
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Pain and empathy - by BrokenQuill92 - July 18, 2015 at 7:27 pm
RE: Pain and empathy - by brewer - July 18, 2015 at 7:52 pm
RE: Pain and empathy - by Exian - July 19, 2015 at 12:41 am
RE: Pain and empathy - by ignoramus - July 18, 2015 at 11:49 pm
RE: Pain and empathy - by luka - July 19, 2015 at 1:04 am
RE: Pain and empathy - by Silver - July 19, 2015 at 1:07 am
RE: Pain and empathy - by BrokenQuill92 - July 19, 2015 at 1:15 am
RE: Pain and empathy - by Silver - July 19, 2015 at 1:19 am

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