seems to be all the rage lately. now i'm not sure if this is scienecy term for people with better social intuition (or just not a spurg) or some new age hippy leftist nonsense?

These girls seem to be the worst, telling me how enlightened they are because they can feeeeeeel other peoples energies. is it just a new thing for girls to use in an attempt to wade in on subject with some bullshit? "as an emapth, i feel you should....."