You just made me laugh. Yes, empaths and sympathetic people never helped me when I was going through hell in a highly abusive situation. Initially I trusted them because I thought that their emotional response was the first step in atually helping me.

It took decades to realize that it meant nothing of the sort. For them it's just a means of connection. I actually don't understand some of it.

Nope, I haven't read Greg Epstein's good. I was most shocked to see someone else's book had the same name as mine. What is it about?

And what does Kant say?