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Title: Scientist seeks to banish "Evil" Post by: ghost on May 05, 2011, 07:54:55 AM Sasha Baron-Cohen's little known scientist brother, Simon Baron-Cohen has decided to banish evil from the world of men (http://af.reuters.com/article/southAfricaNews/idAFLDE7430U720110505?sp=true).
Quote "We've inherited this word.. and we use it to express our abhorrence when people do awful things, usually acts of cruelty, but I don't think it's anything more than another word for doing something bad. And as a scientist that doesn't seem to me to be much of an explanation. So I've been looking for an alternative -- we need a new theory of human cruelty." He links levels of empathy to the propensity to do cruel acts, which makes a lot of sense. I wonder what the cumulative empathy of F13 is? :grin: Title: Re: Scientist seeks to banish "Evil" Post by: Nebu on May 05, 2011, 08:11:16 AM I wonder what the cumulative empathy of F13 is? :grin: The limit approaches zero as you get closer to the Politics forum. Title: Re: Scientist seeks to banish "Evil" Post by: ghost on May 05, 2011, 08:22:12 AM I was thinking that same thing, Nebu.
Title: Re: Scientist seeks to banish "Evil" Post by: K9 on May 05, 2011, 09:12:42 AM Sacha Baron-Cohen is is cousin.
It's an interesting topic, although my interest was recently piqued by reading 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'. Title: Re: Scientist seeks to banish "Evil" Post by: Lantyssa on May 05, 2011, 09:36:24 AM Fuck you all. I've got mine.
Title: Re: Scientist seeks to banish "Evil" Post by: Furiously on May 05, 2011, 10:24:41 AM Fuck you all. I've got mine. And we are supposed to care? Title: Re: Scientist seeks to banish "Evil" Post by: Bzalthek on May 05, 2011, 11:14:19 PM I wonder what the cumulative empathy of F13 is? :grin: The limit approaches zero as you get closer to the Politics forum. Does it converge? Pointwise or uniformly? Title: Re: Scientist seeks to banish "Evil" Post by: Tebonas on May 06, 2011, 01:05:32 AM The battle must be fought in Politics, so that they don't attack you over here in the civilized forums.
Title: Re: Scientist seeks to banish "Evil" Post by: ghost on May 06, 2011, 04:13:12 AM Why do I have a feeling that this is going to end up in the politics board..... :oh_i_see:
Title: Re: Scientist seeks to banish "Evil" Post by: Riggswolfe on May 06, 2011, 08:21:51 PM He could start by launching his talentless cousin into the sun. Ok, it wouldn't get rid of evil but it'd go partway to lowering my own urges for violence and mayhem.
Title: Re: Scientist seeks to banish "Evil" Post by: angry.bob on May 06, 2011, 10:56:24 PM (http://sharetv.org/images/guide/605778.jpg)
Empathy Empathy, put yourself in the place of me. |