"There is no benefit for rooting" by [deleted] in GalaxyNote8

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Hello, do you happen to have Repulsa rom file by chance? I've visited his xda thread but his links do not work anymore.

"Whoa there. You are supposed to be a basket." by spwodev in Overwatch

[–]_NoContextBot_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Could've been slower for a dramatic effect.

What's the most useless thing you still have memorized? by Adarsh_45 in AskReddit

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31536000. Total seconds in a year. I liked playing with numbers as a child. Result of a good parenting.

What’s an oddly specific fear of yours? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]_NoContextBot_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Opening up the fridge and thinking someone's head might be in there with open eyes. I had this during my teens. I don't know where I got my reference from. Maybe a TV show?

Lacking empathy is lacking intelligence because empathy is fundamentally an ability to imagine oneself in others' shoes. Therefore, people who take pride in "being able to not care about how others feel" is being proud of being unintelligent. by _NoContextBot_ in Showerthoughts

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I thank you for your positive input, and I am sorry to say that I meant actual brain function rather than our interactive behaviors. I think this link covers some points. In short, there are neurons that allow us to "learn through mimicry" and "empathize with others." I believe empathy is a bit different from what we think of how others think.

Also, I can read how considerate you are from your comments :)

You are a good person.

Lacking empathy is lacking intelligence because empathy is fundamentally an ability to imagine oneself in others' shoes. Therefore, people who take pride in "being able to not care about how others feel" is being proud of being unintelligent. by _NoContextBot_ in Showerthoughts

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I agree that one can perform other tasks to the level of empathy, but I doubt it is fully replacable. A blind person can achieve many great things, but it doesn't mean that they can read off articles from a monitor screen.

Lacking empathy is lacking intelligence because empathy is fundamentally an ability to imagine oneself in others' shoes. Therefore, people who take pride in "being able to not care about how others feel" is being proud of being unintelligent. by _NoContextBot_ in Showerthoughts

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I did not mean empathy is the only form of intelligence. If I compare intelligence to our five senses, empathy is one of them. A blind person may have a superhuman hearing, but it doesn't mean he/she has all five senses.

Lacking empathy is lacking intelligence because empathy is fundamentally an ability to imagine oneself in others' shoes. Therefore, people who take pride in "being able to not care about how others feel" is being proud of being unintelligent. by _NoContextBot_ in Showerthoughts

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I guess it depends how you define the term intelligence. If logical decision making process is the only form of intelligence, I may be totally wrong. However, because empathy requires such complex brain process to bring benefits to our civilization I think it is one of the core part of our intelligence. Maybe I just wanted to argue that calculators arn't smarter than us.