Ultimately, he wants to emphasise that emotional blindness does not make one unkind, or selfish. “It may be hard to believe, but it is possible for someone to be cut off completely from the emotions and imagination that are such a big part of what makes us humans,” he says. “And that a person can be cut off from emotions without being heartless, or a psychopath.”

I even think, that people who can't feel emotions, are much less selfish, than those who can. Isn't selfishness something strongly connected to our feelings towards ourselves?!

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