57% of those people are willing to tell a poll they disagree, how many are as galvanized against the right as the right is against the left? Are they all willing to say it in person?
I'd be willing to wager these people also exhibit telltale signs of anti-social personality disorders. Who woulda thunk, that anti-social people would be antithetical to society?
I don't think that it's been proven that reading makes you more empathetic, I think that there has been a correlation established between those who exhibit empathy and enjoying fiction (or at least narratives where you adopt another perspective).
I think it would be almost impossible to prove that reading improves empathy, but I wouldn't be surprised if the part of your brain responsible for empathy gets a workout when reading fiction.
Nope, just aware there are different ways of thinking about it — wasn't implying any one was wrong or right