228: Suffering on behalf of others does not really help them
- Author
- Brandon Beachum
- Published
- Wed 03 Aug 2016
- Episode Link
- https://sites.libsyn.com/63394/228-suffering-on-behalf-of-others-does-not-really-help-them
Brandon discusses an idea, prompted by a listener's message, that feeling empathy for other people's suffering is natural, but allowing their suffering to affect us deeply is counterproductive. Dalien also reports on a new scientific theory that the Universe did not begin with the "Big Bang".
