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Virtual reality simulations are terrible empathy machines: you often come out understanding other lives less than before.

Drawn from what Paul Bloom said

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empathy Feeling what others feel: whether it makes better makers, leaders and people, or is a poor guide that should give way to compassion.

Does empathy make us better?under our view: It can be learned, and some ways of building it work far better than others

What Paul Bloom actually said

  1. Paul Bloom Psychologist at the University of Toronto and professor emeritus at Yale
    The various versions of VR out there, high-tech and low-tech, are terrible empathy machines. After using them, you often end up with less of an understanding of other lives than you started with.

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