Can you give more fucks and in the right direction?

The concept of empathy was first introduced by aestheticians in the mid-19th century. They used the German word “Einfühlung” to describe the emotional “knowing” of a work of art from within, by feeling an emotional resonance with the work of art.

Just because the concept was talked about as Empathy in the 19th century by some German scientists doesn’t mean shit about the actual concepts integration in our species.

Sliced bread also wasn’t sold in stores until the 20th century, but people were slicing bread long long before that.

From your article:

In the past, empathy was considered an inborn trait that could not be taught, but research has shown that this vital human competency is mutable and can be taught to health-care providers

I never said anything about the ability to develop or not develop empathy later in life. I said it’s mostly a natural trait. There are many reason for prosocial behaviors, and it’s mailability varies from nature to nurture.

ThIs Is ReAl ScIeNcE:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4685523/#RSTB20150077C14

The man had a doctorate from the University of Vienna, and was a practicing psychiatrist for several years before WW2. Look up his work at Steinhof Psychiatric Hosptial in the years prior to World War II. He saw thousands of patients in a clinical setting, and continue on the form theories. I don’t care about your opinions of his field or not.

I never referred to him as a neuroscientist, and I didn’t disagree that empathy could be also taught in some way.

So have fun making up imaginary arguments to try and defeat.