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Published: - Mar 15, 2021
Psychic numbing is a psychological phenomenon that affects the way we make decisions. In other words, we worry a lot when one person suffers, but as problems grow like the coronavirus, which affects millions, we become insensitive.
The Woman Post | Carolina Rodríguez Monclou
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The researchers suggest that as the numbers in a tragedy increase more and more, we care less and less. In an interview with KGW News, University of Oregon psychologist Paul Slovic emphasizes a short sentence that summarizes his research results, and it is the more who die, the less we care, which is also the title of his study: The More Who Die, the Less We Care: Psychic Numbing and Genocide.