elementaltale
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This was just to show that empathy/helpfulness and everything that comes with it can cause some serious problems for the civilization and that they are not a good choice in some situations.
This has nothing to do with hate or lack of tolerance it has to do with the fact that people don't think straight. Since this way you are only creating more people to die in the end.
What is quite cruel even if entire thing look like a good idea.
From what I see in this post one thing is clear...
You have the emotional maturity of a tree stump.
Now before you get upset keep in mind that I simply took your own advice and witheld my "overly emotional ways" to prove a point. Without emotion there is nothing to stop people from being blatantly rude if they think it suits them.
In fact if people had had more empathy the world would not be in the situation it is in today. After all, if you consider the banker that sold long arm loans to people who could not afford it if they had been more empathic towards the person's situation, they would not have sold them a loan they could not have afforded.
It is the LACK of empathy that is causing the world's problems. Your "suggestion" is not only one of the most absurd statements that I have seen anyone ever make but would throw the world into chaos as there would be no restraint from people to do harm to one another. Logic does not work well in a world where people are starving. A person who is however empathic will take pity on a person who is hungry and share their food.
After all, the logical conclusion to one is that their existance is more important to them than others. It was and is LOGIC that is flawed in this case not empathy.
For example in a world where greed is good (after all from a physical standpoint greed is logical as it assures the survivial of a species) the most logical conclusion is to become as greedy as possible to assure your own existance as this is most important to you. The problem with this logic is that everyone else comes up with the same idea and as a result all the people become greedy. In a world with limited resources this becomes an issue as there is not enough food, and water to go around they ones who are greedy must fight for the resources.
Empathy on the other hand is not as logical (after all who would disagree with the idea that if you share your food in a waistland that you have a far less chance at survival?) But if everyone had empathy, everyone would be compelled to share. Doctors would heal the sick out of compassion and not profit. The entire world would benfit.
The above shows that your logic is VERY flawed indeed. Are you sure that you are an NT? I would suggest that you take Dr. Kersley's test again and answer the questions honestly this time.
This has nothing to do with hate or lack of tolerance it has to do with the fact that people don't think straight. Since this way you are only creating more people to die in the end.
What is quite cruel even if entire thing look like a good idea.
From what I see in this post one thing is clear...
You have the emotional maturity of a tree stump.
Now before you get upset keep in mind that I simply took your own advice and witheld my "overly emotional ways" to prove a point. Without emotion there is nothing to stop people from being blatantly rude if they think it suits them.
In fact if people had had more empathy the world would not be in the situation it is in today. After all, if you consider the banker that sold long arm loans to people who could not afford it if they had been more empathic towards the person's situation, they would not have sold them a loan they could not have afforded.
It is the LACK of empathy that is causing the world's problems. Your "suggestion" is not only one of the most absurd statements that I have seen anyone ever make but would throw the world into chaos as there would be no restraint from people to do harm to one another. Logic does not work well in a world where people are starving. A person who is however empathic will take pity on a person who is hungry and share their food.
After all, the logical conclusion to one is that their existance is more important to them than others. It was and is LOGIC that is flawed in this case not empathy.
For example in a world where greed is good (after all from a physical standpoint greed is logical as it assures the survivial of a species) the most logical conclusion is to become as greedy as possible to assure your own existance as this is most important to you. The problem with this logic is that everyone else comes up with the same idea and as a result all the people become greedy. In a world with limited resources this becomes an issue as there is not enough food, and water to go around they ones who are greedy must fight for the resources.
Empathy on the other hand is not as logical (after all who would disagree with the idea that if you share your food in a waistland that you have a far less chance at survival?) But if everyone had empathy, everyone would be compelled to share. Doctors would heal the sick out of compassion and not profit. The entire world would benfit.
The above shows that your logic is VERY flawed indeed. Are you sure that you are an NT? I would suggest that you take Dr. Kersley's test again and answer the questions honestly this time.