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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think of that paper often, though I think it applies equally to other humans. Like I'll never know how it feels to be Doug unless I fully become Doug, and thus lose my own perspective.

Like how much of empathy is just projection?

I feel like a lot of it. We can talk about similarities in physiological responses to events, but as far as the actual subjective "qualia" (I think I'm using the term correctly) 🤷‍♂️

[–] NielsBohron 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I believe you just hit upon what is called The Problem of Other Minds in philosophical terms

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hell yeah, you're killing it with these links, thank you.

I'm not surprised it's a known phenomenon, but still excited to catch up on others' thoughts.

[–] NielsBohron 3 points 2 months ago

No problem! I'm just glad my semi-obsessive reading of wikipedia is helping others, too