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“Apparently, it can be easy to forget that other people have minds with the same general capacities and experiences as your own. Once seen as lacking the ability to reason, to choose freely, or to feel, a person is considered something less than human.”

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Book:Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want

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