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In reply to the discussion: MAGA Dad, Trump supporter, 40 years in US on green card, Blocked from reentry after Canada vacation [View all]William Seger
(11,731 posts)19. Yes, it's VERY hard if you lack the empathy gene
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-finds-that-genes-play-a-role-in-empathy
It's still 90% due to "upbringing and experience" (such as being taught to be a bigot by your racist parents).
Study finds that genes play a role in empathy
A new study published today suggests that how empathic we are is not just a result of our upbringing and experience but also partly a result of our genes.
Empathy has two parts: the ability to recognize another persons thoughts and feelings, and the ability to respond with an appropriate emotion to someone elses thoughts and feelings. The first part is called cognitive empathy and the second part affective empathy.
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In a new study published in the journal Translational Psychiatry, the Cambridge team, working with the genetics company 23andMe and a team of international scientists, report the results of the largest genetic study of empathy using information from more than 46,000 23andMe customers. The customers all completed the EQ online and provided a saliva sample for genetic analysis.
The study was led by Varun Warrier, a Cambridge PhD student, and Professors Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University, Thomas Bourgeron, of the University Paris Diderot and the Institut Pasteur, and David Hinds, Principal Scientist at 23andMe.
The new study has three important results. First, it found that how empathetic we are is partly due to genetics. Indeed, a tenth of this variation is due to genetic factors. This confirms previous research examining empathy in identical versus non-identical twins.
A new study published today suggests that how empathic we are is not just a result of our upbringing and experience but also partly a result of our genes.
Empathy has two parts: the ability to recognize another persons thoughts and feelings, and the ability to respond with an appropriate emotion to someone elses thoughts and feelings. The first part is called cognitive empathy and the second part affective empathy.
...
In a new study published in the journal Translational Psychiatry, the Cambridge team, working with the genetics company 23andMe and a team of international scientists, report the results of the largest genetic study of empathy using information from more than 46,000 23andMe customers. The customers all completed the EQ online and provided a saliva sample for genetic analysis.
The study was led by Varun Warrier, a Cambridge PhD student, and Professors Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University, Thomas Bourgeron, of the University Paris Diderot and the Institut Pasteur, and David Hinds, Principal Scientist at 23andMe.
The new study has three important results. First, it found that how empathetic we are is partly due to genetics. Indeed, a tenth of this variation is due to genetic factors. This confirms previous research examining empathy in identical versus non-identical twins.
It's still 90% due to "upbringing and experience" (such as being taught to be a bigot by your racist parents).
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MAGA Dad, Trump supporter, 40 years in US on green card, Blocked from reentry after Canada vacation [View all]
Demovictory9
Jul 11
OP
Yep. My empathy goes to those more deserving. Poor kid though, born in the wrong household.
TheBlackAdder
Jul 11
#78
And fat-headed Musk told him empathy would be the downfall of Western civilization
William Seger
Jul 11
#17
yeah... I bet he thought of the kids of other immigrants as "anchor babies'" but his are just "Americans"
Demovictory9
Jul 11
#5
yep. American accent, white skin, good ole boy beard... that was his ticket to travel across borders
Demovictory9
Jul 11
#11
People have plenty of good reasons for staying here many years, even their whole lives,
Prairie Gates
Jul 11
#26
I have friends who are born in Germany and living here on a green card for more than 60 years
FakeNoose
Jul 11
#18
I have a friend who was Canadian and in 2002 after living in the US with a permanent green card
Hope22
Jul 11
#64
Oh my that's terrible the way they treated your friend, like she was a terrorist or something
FakeNoose
Jul 11
#68
Pretty much the definition of an arbitrary and capricious administrative action
Prairie Gates
Jul 11
#22
Sucks to be you. Just wait until your 5 little darlings have their collective asses chucked out and
Scalded Nun
Jul 11
#32
You had the choice, you intentionally chose wrong. Excuse me while I find the world's tiniest violin.
Initech
Jul 11
#70