Emotion

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    How to Defuse Offensive Speech

    • By Brian Gallagher
    The claim that speech can be violence is dangerous, it is argued, because it exacerbates the emotional vulnerability that’s already rampant in the “Internet generation,” of which today’s undergraduates are a part.Image by Eduard Bezembinder / Flickr Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . If you Google “It’s been emotional,” […]
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    The Death of Hundreds Is Just a Statistic—But It Doesn’t Have to Be

    • By Jim Davies
    Imagine that tomorrow I were to show you a newspaper article describing a deadly wildfire. Do you think you’d be more upset upon reading that 10,000 people died than if you read that five people died? Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . This scenario makes people engage in affective […]
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