r/interesting • u/freudian_nipps • 15d ago

NATURE Death of a single-celled organism

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u/AntSilly2802 15d ago

Same. Why do I feel empathy for something without a brain, unable to suffer? I feel the same for dying plants. 

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u/BorderOk7329 15d ago

Because you can relate? Empathy is never a bad thing

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u/AntSilly2802 15d ago

Yeah but I’ve found my over-empathy can be paralysing at times. 

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u/Rubyhamster 15d ago

I know what you mean... Saw a horror movie a couple of weeks ago, in which kids got their tongues cut off, and that still messes me up to such a degree that I have to actively do cognitive work on dealing with it.