If you have empathy with your subject, then you begin to ask how you might behave in their situation.
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Interview with David Gadsden, Esri, September 4, 2019; Complete 19-word sentence on using empathy in observation of chimpanzees. Full original interview read via web; cache is labeled excerpt only. Publisher says edited and condensed.
- Interview with David Gadsden, Esri, September 4, 2019
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