I think I’ll stay where I am.
Personally, I feel like low empathy is a sign of low intelligence ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Emotions control so much of human behaviour so if you can’t understand yours or others you won’t be able to solve any problems with a human element.
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That’s called the “fundamental attribution error”.
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
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.
I would sacrifice both for more strength and charisma, letting me qualify for a paladin multiclass
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Reduce my empathy for extra intelligence. Kill two birds with one stone.
Less empathy, more happy, easy choice.
Neither, since I don’t deal with vague quantities of what influences my ability to making choices.
I understand the assignment, but I’d rather see it expressed in more precise way like “would you rather give up the ability to measure distances for the ability to tell precisely the state of mind of your discussant, OR…”
May I have some happiness instead?
Just need to reduce Intelligence and you’re good
Is the “Intelligent and depressed” meme real though?
I’ve witnessed it only in Hollywood media until now.
You can’t have intelligence and happiness.
So, trade both for better dopamine regulation and higher seratonin production?
Taravangian?
Same thought!
I mean, my empathy causes me a lot of stress. I’ll take the intelligence.
I don’t feel like I’m lacking either all that much. If anything, having too much is an impediment in life. Less intelligent people don’t need to worry so much, and sociopaths don’t have a care in the world.
I have a similar conclusion from the other side - I don’t want to lose any of my intelligence Or empathy, because I already don’t feel like I have as much of either as I’d like, so pushing one of them lower is not a goal.
How much of each are we talking?
I’ve said for years that I think one of the biggest problems in this world and in the USA specifically (because I live here) is lack of empathy. People just don’t care about anyone’s problems until they face the same. Especially in America. Our society is built around the “do it yourself, overcome all odds” mentality. I feel like the world would be a much better place if everyone were more empathetic. That being said, I think I would reduce intelligence and gain more empathy. I tend to shoot myself in the foot with correcting people and wanting to “teach” a lot. That plus my extreme social anxiety makes it hard to get along with people.
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I would reduce my empathy because I have way to much of it 🤣
Let me out it like this: the world could do with more empathy.
I’d vote to increase my intelligence, but I don’t have empathy to reduce.
