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144: The Science of Empathy (And Rats)

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🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Can rats feel empathy? It’s a tough question to tackle, and many scientists have worked on it over the years… but is it even possible to find the answer?

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References & Further Reading
  1. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1210789
  2. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10071-013-0692-1
  3. https://www.britannica.com/science/empathy
  4. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-319-16999-6_158-1
  5. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-981-287-080-3_69-1
  6. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1962-00569-001
  7. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-019-0572-8
  8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4151454/

Transcript

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0:00.0

What are we starting with this week?

0:02.0

A wee review.

0:03.0

Yeah.

0:04.0

Yeah.

0:05.0

Apple supremacy.

0:06.0

This one is from last year.

0:08.0

It says, you just have to listen.

0:10.0

It's five stars.

0:11.0

This may be the world's best podcast, and I'm 100% sure Corey reads my mind.

0:16.0

Every time I'm thinking about something interesting, next week it's the topic of the podcast.

0:19.0

Don't snooze.

0:20.0

Don't snooze. Don't snooze. Don't

0:21.5

snooze. Don't you dare snooze. It's a tough word to say. But wait, first, hold on.

0:28.0

I just need to read. Are you snoozing? I'm reading a mind. I'm reading someone's mind right

0:32.9

now and I've got the topic for this week. I've read their mind and I've taken the topic. Let's start the show.

0:38.3

No, no, no, no, no.

0:39.3

Okay.

0:40.3

We have a question to start first.

0:41.3

I always have a question.

0:42.3

Yeah, I forgot.

0:43.3

It was a test actually.

0:44.3

So, the question this week is, are you an empath?

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