[lbo-talk] Mirror neurons

[Doug Henwood]

On Sep 1, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Chris Doss wrote:

> Cats and dogs, not just hoidy-toidy
> gorillas, appear to have empathy.

I have something like 45 cat-years of experience (having lived with 2  
for 20 years, and 1 for 5), and I've never seen a trace of empathy in  
them. They are consummate narcissists, which, as Freud theorized, is  
part of their charm (like children and criminals).

Doug