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Despite how advanced robots have become, getting them to feel the way humans do is an incredibly complex challenge.

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For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too ...

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We all use the word forgiveness. Yet, what if I told you that a research study found that a majority of people who were asked what forgiveness is actually misunderstood it? When Plato began his ...

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