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The Scope Severity Paradox

By The Daily Dish

Sep 19 2010, 2:53 AM ET

Jess McNally explains it and the dangers that can result:

People empathize with people by putting themselves in the other person’s shoes. The more shoes there are, the harder it is to empathize with any single individual. People don’t multiply their feelings of empathy by the number of people involved.



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