Quote from: exstasie on February 14, 2018, 09:21:42 AM

Quote from: johhnyUA on February 13, 2018, 09:40:17 AM

Of course, as i said before psychopaths, misanthropes and other very useful part of society doesn't have such neuro mechanisms.

Yeah. Ive been reading the commentary about empathy and Im puzzled....are we all talking about the same empathy that separates psychopaths from society? Because Im not aware of any other relevant definition than ~ the ability to understand and share feelings of another. According to the DSM-5, lacking empathy is a basis for antisocial personality disorder (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder), formerly known as psychopathy or sociopathy. Im not the most compassionate person in the world, but Im amazed at the degree some people here show such disdain for other human beings.
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Calling someone a psychopath as a way of criticizing their philosophy is just fallacious. You need to read a lot of Nietzsche's writing[1] to understand why he thought the way that he did. If you do, it is very likely that you will also become a "psychopath". I think that you are also fundamentally confusing 'inherent lack of empathy' with rejecting empathy because you see it as a weakness. Those two are not exactly the same.

Quote from: exstasie on February 14, 2018, 09:21:42 AM

If you really perceive human connection as a weakness, Im guessing youre either a very angry and lonely kid or a sociopathic adult.

False generalization. How about another 'OR' you are a just a free thinker?

Quote from: exstasie on February 14, 2018, 09:21:42 AM

I didnt build my network of friends, clients and business contacts by completely disregarding them as human beings. Basic human emotions like empathy (which equates to social skills) were required.

Building networks of *whatever* =/= having empathy =/= needing empathy =/= being a sociopath/psychopath.

Quote from: exstasie on February 14, 2018, 09:21:42 AM

Hopefully no one on DT gives me negative trust for expressing an unpopular opinion which might be construed as supporting those horrid Filipino spammers who make you all so angry all the time.....

I would say that it is not likely, although it has happened before. I'm pretty sure that you expressed a popular opinion given the Sklavenmoral, i.e. most Joe's are modern slaves in a way and would agree with "praising empathy".

[1] It is also on my TODO list.
Note: Freud on Nietzsche: "He had more penetrating knowledge of himself than any man who ever lived or was likely to live.". Apparently the source is supposed to be this book, although I can't really confirm that.

The thread diverged to the point where it could be split into a Politics and Society thread though.