Jiang leaves the mechanism unresolved and thereby creates space for a later move toward empathy as something possibly irreducible to brain theory alone.
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Jiang remains unsatisfied with these first answers and keeps the question open, signaling that he sees Dante's exactness as interpretively important rather than merely decorative.
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"Okay, so two years old is when we develop the mirror neurons, right? Okay. Alright. I'm not convinced mirror neurons actually exist. It's a..."
"Yes? I am totally on your side. I believe that empathy is beyond one mind and it's definitely a divine emotion."
"on earth to heaven yeah i understand that but like purgatory is made up right so i'm trying to figure out why he's trying..."
"and where things are so that you don't get lost okay i understand that um yes is it just a metaphor"
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