Ask A Genius 1109: “What is more important: kindness, empathy, or intelligence?”

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is more important: kindness, empathy, or intelligence? Rick Rosner: It depends on the context, but kindness is the most important in building a decent society. If people are consistently kind to each other, society can function well. You don't have to understand others fully to be kind to them. Empathy extends …

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Ask A Genius 1108: Kind, Empathic, and Not American

Rick Rosner: We've discussed this a lot. You're kind, empathetic, and not American, so you probably don't subscribe to this view as much as I do. However, I see the 2024 election as one between people with reasonable intelligence—on the liberal side—and people suffering from Dunning-Kruger on the other. It doesn't mean everyone who votes for …

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