In this article, I will introduce my current research of aspects that may optimize peace processes using practical empathy, measured and observed by neuroscientific tools and achieved by different scenarios of various altered realities. By peace, I mean a conflict that is ultimately settled and resolved. By resolution, problem-solving conflict resolution approach, and above all, by reaching mutual reconciliation and tranquillity, brotherhood, love, and cooperation.
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