>>12732738I think that's far too absolutist. Often people measure others as a sum of their actions not a reflection of their thoughts. Empathy is part of a balanced intellect, like all abstract notions, so without it you would an NPC as you could not move towards abstract notions that require empathising in order to rationale; a society of autistics and sociopaths would be completely impossible, or at least dangerously unsustainable to the point of ludicrousy. OCD individuals are not MORE human because they're more erratic, in fact their intellect is probably more imbalanced than average, making them more susceptible base influences: no nobility, no empathy, no reality beyond the physical—similar to autists or sociopaths. Of course this is all in degrees
