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Why animal suffering affects us more than human suffering

I cry more when I see roadkill than when I hear about human tragedies on the news, and I don't know what that says about me as a person.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Our capacity for empathy follows mysterious and troubling patterns that reveal uncomfortable truths about our hearts.

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