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Points necessary for agreement:
1 -"Reality" as we know it is a complex set of predictions based on sense perception.
2 - Degree of "goodness" can be considered the degree of any action that increases the chance of any randomly chosen person to feel satisfied. (Psychological egoism, see 3rd paragraph -> RCP)
3 - Brain activity that affects or alters your thoughts, perceptions, or emotions that you are not aware of can be considered "subconscious" activity.
4 - "Empathy" is any process of self-deliberation that aims to emulate certain feelings and emotions based on the events and interactions that involve other relate-able humans, resulted by observable patterns, or predictions.
Why do we watch and enjoy movies that a) aren't real events or b) don't involve us at all?
Why do we flinch when we see another person in pain or bleeding?
It's been perceived by me that the answers lie in the realm of "subconscious" activity." I say this because though we are consciously aware of the idea that we are not being affected by these events, something is still affecting our emotions that we aren't deliberating upon. (see 3)
We can consider "subconscious" activity that is spurned by interactions of other humans that affects our emotions to be "subconscious empathy." (both empathy and subconscious activity) (see 3 & 4)
So, our subconscious contributes to our "reality" in the way that it creates and emulates predictable sequences of feelings based on observed interactions of others.
Does this matter? (Can this add to my satisfaction in a prescribed way rather than immediate perceptive tangents?) (My best [and most hopeful] prediction as to what would matter to most readers.)
It could matter if support of the idea of "inherent goodness" is something that makes you feel assured and therefore satisfied. It could also matter in resolving personal conflicts that involve a lack of altruism and long term dissatisfaction, though a rewarding outcome was originally perceived. I'll explain:
Two questions: Is subconscious empathy inherent? & - Does subconscious empathy encourage "goodness?"
