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Published · transcript-backedPaul Bloom: belief
7 Aug 2024 Conversations with Tyler Paul Bloom on the Psychology of Children, and the Morality of Empathy and Disgust
“I think part of Canadian politics or parliament encourages more vibrant debate and discussion, often at a pretty high level that you don’t see in the States.”
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- Paul Bloom
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- 7 Aug 2024
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…There’s broader variance? There’s broader variance. Politics is more intense, a lot more interesting. I think the degree of empathic pandering, as well as the degree of everything else, is more accelerated in the States. I think part of Canadian politics or parliament encourages more vibrant debate and discussion, often at a pretty high level that you don’t see in the States. Do you think there are any humans who are what I would call truly egalitarian? There are plenty of people who genuinely want to redistribute wealth, but typically, I think they have other status markers. It could be intellect, it could be empathy, it could be a certain kind of left-wing politics. Are there people who are genuinely egalitarian across all dimensions?…
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