• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    low empathy is a sign of low intelligence

    It absolutely is. Empathy is about analyzing a situation from a perspective that isn’t your own. That requires a lot of abstract thought. It’s like giving someone two apples and then taking one away and asking them how many apples there are versus asking them to solve 2-1=x

    • Objects@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      As someone on the autism spectrum, I’m going to have to disagree. Yes, I’m as dumb as a pile of bricks in many social situations. But I shine when I’m given an engineering problem to solve.