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tornpentacle t1_iupktsj wrote

Reply to comment by Guciguciguciguci in Researchers show that the same system in the brain that enables us to avoid danger is also activated during selfless, helping behaviour: “These results contradict the conventional wisdom that we need to suppress our own fear system in order to help others who are in danger” by giuliomagnifico

That is a flawed premise. It's a two way street—the lanes going in one direction are closed, but the other direction is open. Narcissists experience fear, but they are unwilling to understand others' emotions. (That does not mean they are incapable, though...but according to certain ideas presented by researchers, they tend to only experience what is dubbed "cognitive empathy" rather than its emotional counterpart.)

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