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Brian Jolley & Artie: The Empathy Dilemma – Seeing Without Agreeing
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What happens when two people with shared values—but very different lenses—sit down for a deeply human conversation? In this episode, Artie and Brian explore the complexities of belief, emotional honesty, and the challenge of staying connected in a divided world. They navigate how we interpret each other’s words, how frameworks can clarify or distort, and why empathy doesn’t always mean agreement.
This isn’t a debate. It’s something rarer: a trust-based exchange between friends trying to understand one another across intellectual and emotional difference.
Topics include:
• Emotional nuance vs. philosophical structure
• Misalignment in framing and interpretation
• The tension between empathy and moral clarity
• Dogmatism, flexibility, and the cost of certainty
• Language, judgment, and psychological projection
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