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So if I look up at the stars and feel a boundless wonder and awe at the immense distances I am being vague and not really reasonable at all? If I feel joy for all the people saved with modern medicine? If I feel pain for all the poverty and suffering?
How exactly are these unreasonable? The latter two drive me to do good in the world.
I think you can charitably assume that if you've come up with a particular emotion based on a vague picture that's reasonable, then that's not the one that Unknown is talking about.
To answer from my own perspective, scope insensitivity can lead to emotions comparing improperly. It is not very good if the emotion from one person being in danger motivates you just as much as 1 million people in danger.