"I'm going to start by acknowledging that I've been wrong about something for
years. For two decades, I've said, "We need to understand emotion so we can
recognize it in ourselves and others." Without exaggeration, I've said this
thousands of times, and I've heard it from other researchers at least that much.
Well, let me go on the record right now: I no longer believe that we can
recognize emotion in other people, regardless of how well we understand human
emotion and experience or how much language we have. Why have I stopped
believing that we can recognize emotion in other people? Two reasons..."
Brene Brown shares more in this thoughtful post.
