Got Empathy?

[Revoltingest]

Hey, @Shadow Wolf ,I ran across an interesting Nat Geo article....

What Makes a Psychopath? Science May Have the Answer

I found my place on the empathy v population graph somewhere in the 25 to 35 range.
I wonder if one's empathy score relates to belief v atheism?
Much stuff on the internet...more than I want to wade thru.

 

[Polymath257]

One of those shootings happened in a building I regularly visited. Fortunately, I wasn't around that day, but my wife freaked out when she heard about it on the news.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I wonder if one's empathy score relates to belief v atheism?

I doubt it. Ditching religion didn't make me any more-or-less empathetic. I just realized I had to do the work on my own instead of praying to a man up in the sky to let it be his will that it get done.

I found my place on the empathy v population graph somewhere in the 25 to 35 range.

How'd you find that? Myself, I'm kind of at a half way between being a professional in the humanities and a professional in the sciences, so there's that. Also female Aspies tend to be on average about as empathetic as the neurotypical male, so there's wherever that would be on the chart.
I'm pretty glad I am at least low enough on the score to not feel not a single shard of the pain the kids went through last week when mom didn't show up. If I was a neurotypical myself, I may not have slept that night.

 

[sayak83]

Hey, @Shadow Wolf ,I ran across an interesting Nat Geo article....

What Makes a Psychopath? Science May Have the Answer

I found my place on the empathy v population graph somewhere in the 25 to 35 range.
I wonder if one's empathy score relates to belief v atheism?
Much stuff on the internet...more than I want to wade thru.

Unlikely. Maybe you are a bit jaded?
Anyways I scored 47. Which makes me a average.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

If the test I found was the right/same one, I scored 8 out of 80. So, I guess my long detours to understanding are a lot longer than I realized. No wonder social work is being so excessively more stressful and difficult than I anticipated.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I took it again, at another site, and got 13. So, regardless, I suck at empathy, and I'm lower than average for even other ASD neuro atypicals, lol.

 

[sayak83]

I took it again, at another site, and got 13. So, regardless, I suck at empathy, and I'm lower than average for even other ASD neuro atypicals, lol.

You got my empathy.

 

[Sunstone]

I'm highly empathetic -- after about six beers.

 

[sun rise]

I wonder if one's empathy score relates to belief v atheism?

Thinking and feeling are two different things so I doubt the generality. But as the article noted, there is a Buddhist practice which can affect the results.

 

[Liu]

I took it again, at another site, and got 13. So, regardless, I suck at empathy, and I'm lower than average for even other ASD neuro atypicals, lol.

Dunno if I did the same test, but got 13 out of 80, too.
Pretty much what I expected, but some of the questions were of course highly dependent on my own self-image, or refering to situations I'm basically never in, so who knows whether it's accurate.

The test says that anything under 30 is typical for autists or similar, but I haven't been diagnosed with anything of that kind. I do visit a therapist, but because I'm transgender and a bit because of my social anxiety, so I haven't really brought that up yet.

 

[Revoltingest]

I doubt it. Ditching religion didn't make me any more-or-less empathetic.

I was thinking of it being the other way around, ie, lack of empathy tending towards atheism.

 

[Revoltingest]

Unlikely. Maybe you are a bit jaded?

I'm a bit speculative.

 

[illykitty]

That's a really interesting article. Those people are heroes and simply amazing. They're truly an inspiration, but I know I couldn't do what they did. They had no hesitation, unlimited bravery and insane amount of empathy.

My EQ is around 48/80 according to a test I did... Which would be people in the humanities according to that article. Sounds about right. They're fascinating subjects to me.

Since I'm no super saiyan of EQ, I'm honestly unlikely to completely risk my life for complete strangers like these people. It's another thing if it's a loved one though.