“My theory is that the female brain is predominantly hard-wired for emp...” — Simon Baron-Cohen Quote

“My theory is that the female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy, and that the male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding and building systems.”

“In general it's good to give children as wide a choice as possible, and there is no harm in encouraging children to play with 'typical' toys for the opposite sex. But whether they should be trying to change children is a more ethical decision; I think we should be supporting a child's interests, whatever they are.”

“I think one of my better gifts as a writer is empathy.”

“I like good food and I've always had a very natural empathy with women.”

“Character robotics could plant the seed for robots that actually have empathy. So, if they achieve human level intelligence or, quite possibly, greater than human levels of intelligence, this could be the seeds of hope for our future.”