It seems autistic people are generally less willing to let the emotional story settle the question. And more inclined to bring in data, nuance, and reasoning.
If empathy is usually partial, selective, and easily influenced by familiarity, similarity, emotion, social convention, and who we happen to identify with in a given moment...
...then greater reliance on consistency, evidence, and reasoning is actually going to produce the fairer judgement.
⬇️
K. J. Elphinstone
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2026-09-19 09:18:05 UTC
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