{"id":16821,"date":"2020-08-30T09:54:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T16:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=16821"},"modified":"2020-08-30T11:26:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T18:26:58","slug":"torn-from-todays-headlines-here-there-be-monsters-everywhere-but-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/16821\/torn-from-todays-headlines-here-there-be-monsters-everywhere-but-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Torn from today\u2019s headlines? Here there be monsters \u2013 everywhere! \u2013 but why?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cIt cannot be the case that a human being expresses the inability to experience empathy with a torrential fusillade of malicious empathy. Paging Professor Clueless. Your sociopath is here.\u201d<\/p><\/div>I swear I have sound reasons for talking about Nine Empathies<\/em><\/a> \u2013 specifically the idea of an empathy for the transaction, which could not be closer to any closer\u2019s heart. But today I read Chapter 8 \u2013 Empathy for the monster \u2013 and it whispered to me in ominous tones. I\u2019ve documented the origins of human character<\/a>, but this as close as I have come to explicating the monstrous malice we are seeing everywhere just now.<\/p>\n

tl;dr? Cliff\u2019s Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The reptilian drives are completely self-motivated, obviously, but also completely devoid of concern for any other entity\u2019s feelings. Mammals care about mutually-beneficial empathy, because this amplifies the playing\/cuddling feedback loop \u2013 the shared state of mutual enlovingness \u2013 all because the behavior is mutually-rewarding. The reptile\u2019s purpose in engaging in this kind of empathetic modeling is strictly self-seeking: The reptile wants to know what you\u2019ll do so he can counter it, oppose it, deflect it, defeat it \u2013 eliminate the threat.<\/p>\n

This is the monster, basically a monster of misapprehension. Every human being has the mammal brain\u2019s empathy, which is itself the mammalian expression of the reptile brain\u2019s empathy. When the mammal brain is eviscerated by repeated outrages, the reptile brain\u2019s empathy is what\u2019s left \u2013 under the seething control of an enduringly-outraged reptile. The incoming sensory information is exactly the same, but the goals being pursued are very different: The mammal brain idealizes infinite love \u2013 but it is easily distracted. The reptile brain craves infinite safety \u2013 relentlessly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Need some defense for that conclusion? I should think you would. Here\u2019s the full chapter:<\/p>\n

Empathy for the monster.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I can give you a very simple formula for the empathy for the monster: Take your pre-existing dysempathy for the untouchable \u2013 your niggardly refusal to attribute human emotions to him \u2013 and combine it with a big fat dollop of the empathy for the impossible.<\/p>\n

Bingo! Instant monster. You already don\u2019t want to believe the untouchable is Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt cannot be the case that a human being expresses the inability to experience empathy with a torrential fusillade of malicious empathy. Paging Professor Clueless. Your sociopath is here.\u201dI swear I have sound reasons for talking about Nine Empathies \u2013 specifically the idea of an empathy for the transaction, which could not be closer to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,212,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-egoism-in-action","7":"category-flourishing","8":"category-group-therapy","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3282,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3282\/casual-friday-caption-this-photo\/","url_meta":{"origin":16821,"position":0},"title":"Casual Friday: Caption this photo","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"My entry: \"Because I happen to like Argyle socks, that's why!\"","rel":"","context":"In "Casual Friday"","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3822,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3822\/caption-this-photo-president-bush-at-the-olympics\/","url_meta":{"origin":16821,"position":1},"title":"Caption this photo: President Bush at the Olympics","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"My entry: \"A gentleman always makes eye-contact.\"","rel":"","context":"In "Casual Friday"","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8385,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8385\/caption-me-this-magnum\/","url_meta":{"origin":16821,"position":2},"title":"Caption Me This Magnum","author":"Brian Brady","date":"May 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"My vote?\u00a0 \"Who let Higgins in to your closet, Thomas? \" Sometimes, you just gotta have a sense of humor.","rel":"","context":"In "Casual Friday"","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3289,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3289\/shout-out-a-toast-to-life-abundant-and-caption-this-photo\/","url_meta":{"origin":16821,"position":3},"title":"Shout out a toast to life abundant — and caption this photo","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Sez me: \"Bill Gates stole this facial expression from me and I want it back!\"","rel":"","context":"In "Casual Friday"","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14685,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14685\/caption-obama-before-his-face-freezes-like-that\/","url_meta":{"origin":16821,"position":4},"title":"Caption Obama — before his face freezes like that.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"My vote: \"I don't get it. 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