A radical experiment in empathy - Sam Richards

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By leading the Americans in his audience step by step through the thought process, sociologist Sam Richards sets an extraordinary challenge: can they understand -- not approve of, but understand -- the motivations of an Iraqi insurgent? And by extension, can anyone truly understand and empathize with another? (Filmed at TEDxPSU.)Talk by Sam Richards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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