Empathy can provide an OP with a sense of belonging or at least know that they are not alone. Also, I think some of the under-aged users here have enough life experience to be helpful in most of the asked questions. In some cases you don't need life experience to tell someone that having sex with your sister is not normal.
Yes they can help idiots, but most here don't need someone to tell us answers we already know (having sex with your sister is not normal) so they aren't of use.
"Empathy can provide an OP with a sense of belonging or at least know that they are not alone"
I never thought of it that way, though I was talking more about the ability to give a correct answer. Emotion clouds logic to quite an extent, it causes atleast half of the ignorance (but I tend to view ignorance and conformity as meshed together so almost everyone seems ignorant) on here, with poor education making up the other half.
You're pretty jaded. Empathy does not cloud logic when the subject is rational. A rational, empathetic person is not going to patronize someone who they do not think is acting normally by telling them that they are acting normally, BECAUSE they feel empathy for them and they know that lying may make someone feel better, but in the long term it will just make things worse.
That being said this is entirely irrelevant. Young people are not the only people capable of empathy this whole argument is stupid.
I'll admit life experience would be helpful, but not everyone who is old has that. In some situations a young person could be helpful because they went through the same thing. Example, people get bullied, young and old, some stand up to their tormentors while others just pray they go away. A young person who stood up for himself could help an OP on how to resolve his conflicts by explaining how life went for him. Also, this provides empathy from the user because he understands what its like to be bullied, thus making the OP feel slightly better.
But I still say it does to the point of ruin. Look at doctors, scientists, cops, soldiers, all trained to put logic before emotion. Because feeling to strongly effects their work, emotions clouding logic.
Look at a serial killer, starts out doing everything logically, ends up feeling superior and making mistakes, emotions clouding logic.
If in extreme circumstances it exists, it must be considered to exist in all others. Looking at the posts on IIN actually shows a great deal of this theory. Otherwise intelligent people holding grudges and loosing their ability to argue logically is so common here.
It seems evident to me that logic and reason are effected quite strongly by emotional states.
But in some cases, all an OP wants to hear is that he's not alone. Both people, the OP and the commentator could be putting their emotions in their writing, thus the OP would be happy. In some cases logic is required, like when questions ask "what should I do?" But not everyone here is a doctor, we're here to help out others, some cases require emotion, but I'll admit that some require logic.
What portion of IIN is underage?
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But underage people don't know anything, they have no life experience to use as a comparison in order to make conclusive judgements.
Empathy also clouds logic, making advice less helpful.
We arrive at a paradox.
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Empathy can provide an OP with a sense of belonging or at least know that they are not alone. Also, I think some of the under-aged users here have enough life experience to be helpful in most of the asked questions. In some cases you don't need life experience to tell someone that having sex with your sister is not normal.
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Yes they can help idiots, but most here don't need someone to tell us answers we already know (having sex with your sister is not normal) so they aren't of use.
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I never thought of it that way, though I was talking more about the ability to give a correct answer. Emotion clouds logic to quite an extent, it causes atleast half of the ignorance (but I tend to view ignorance and conformity as meshed together so almost everyone seems ignorant) on here, with poor education making up the other half.
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You're pretty jaded. Empathy does not cloud logic when the subject is rational. A rational, empathetic person is not going to patronize someone who they do not think is acting normally by telling them that they are acting normally, BECAUSE they feel empathy for them and they know that lying may make someone feel better, but in the long term it will just make things worse.
That being said this is entirely irrelevant. Young people are not the only people capable of empathy this whole argument is stupid.
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I'm pretty fucking smart is what I am fool.
Emotion clouds logic. Don't talk to me like you know, because bitch you know nothing.
I'll admit life experience would be helpful, but not everyone who is old has that. In some situations a young person could be helpful because they went through the same thing. Example, people get bullied, young and old, some stand up to their tormentors while others just pray they go away. A young person who stood up for himself could help an OP on how to resolve his conflicts by explaining how life went for him. Also, this provides empathy from the user because he understands what its like to be bullied, thus making the OP feel slightly better.
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"but not everyone who is old has that"
Very true, that's why Tommy is so selective.
But I still say it does to the point of ruin. Look at doctors, scientists, cops, soldiers, all trained to put logic before emotion. Because feeling to strongly effects their work, emotions clouding logic.
Look at a serial killer, starts out doing everything logically, ends up feeling superior and making mistakes, emotions clouding logic.
If in extreme circumstances it exists, it must be considered to exist in all others. Looking at the posts on IIN actually shows a great deal of this theory. Otherwise intelligent people holding grudges and loosing their ability to argue logically is so common here.
It seems evident to me that logic and reason are effected quite strongly by emotional states.
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I'll admit that emotions cloud logic
But in some cases, all an OP wants to hear is that he's not alone. Both people, the OP and the commentator could be putting their emotions in their writing, thus the OP would be happy. In some cases logic is required, like when questions ask "what should I do?" But not everyone here is a doctor, we're here to help out others, some cases require emotion, but I'll admit that some require logic.
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I'm not warm hearted enough to help their loneliness. I'll leave that to others, but I suppose I'm at fault for thinking only from my perspective.