Can anyone truly understand and empathize with another?

By leading the Americans in his audience at TEDxPSU step by step through the thought process, sociologist Sam Richards sets an extraordinary challenge: can they understand — not approve of, but understand — the motivations of an Iraqi insurgent? And by extension, can anyone truly understand and empathize with another?

This is very powerful video but my use of it is not to encourage agreement in the messages presented but instead the big picture message that Sam Richards is portraying, understanding others!

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