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This notion that intellectual rigor and kindness do not make good bedfellows is really misguided. It seems predicated on that old unexamined (and heavily gendered) bias between emotion and reason. But it’s a false distinction abrogated by both modern neuroscience and some very old texts.

On the philosophy and neuropsychology of kindness, which is often falsely framed as a binary opposite to intellect

Tags quote psychology neuroscience sociology behavior

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