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Paul Bloom

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Talent

“I read your talent book, and it was actually very, very useful to me because it taught me other ways, other things to look for.”

Conversations with Tyler · 7 Aug 2024

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Against Empathy

“I read Against Empathy, and it changed my life.” I don’t want it to sway me, but it’s hard for it not to, and so yes, that’s our weakness.”

Conversations with Tyler · 7 Aug 2024

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02 / belief

I think certain sex differences are largely hardwired, and so, parents shouldn’t blame themselves if they find their son is walking around pretending to fire guns at people, and their daughter’s doing more maternal play.

“I think certain sex differences are largely hardwired, and so, parents shouldn’t blame themselves if they find their son is walking around pretending to fire guns at people, and their daughter’s doing more maternal play.”
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04 / belief

I think we tend to be good parents because the sort of person who becomes a psychologist is probably more sensitive to other people’s feelings, well-educated, and tends to be affluent enough to provide kids with good stuff.

“I think we tend to be good parents because the sort of person who becomes a psychologist is probably more sensitive to other people’s feelings, well-educated, and tends to be affluent enough to provide kids with good stuff.”
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Paul Bloom
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Conversations with Tyler

07 / belief

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.

“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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11 / belief

Often, when people complain about the replication crisis, they throw away all of psychology, but personality psychology has proven surprisingly robust, and I think there’s a lot of sense in the idea.

“Often, when people complain about the replication crisis, they throw away all of psychology, but personality psychology has proven surprisingly robust, and I think there’s a lot of sense in the idea.”
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Paul Bloom
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Conversations with Tyler

13 / belief

I’ll give another argument, which is — again, trying not to be disgust-based — which is that I think that there’s a range of human relationships that are tremendously valuable, and sometimes they’re better off without sex.

“I’ll give another argument, which is — again, trying not to be disgust-based — which is that I think that there’s a range of human relationships that are tremendously valuable, and sometimes they’re better off without sex.”
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Paul Bloom
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Conversations with Tyler

16 / belief

If somebody said, there’s a research we’re going to do which will save a child’s life, but it will involve killing a million dogs, I think people might balk at it, but if it was killing two dogs, people wouldn’t.

“If somebody said, there’s a research we’re going to do which will save a child’s life, but it will involve killing a million dogs, I think people might balk at it, but if it was killing two dogs, people wouldn’t.”
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Paul Bloom
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Conversations with Tyler

22 / belief

If you include, by “therapy,” somebody just regularly talking to an LLM about their problems and getting some advice and everything, I think that human interaction within not too many years will be the minority of interactions.

“If you include, by “therapy,” somebody just regularly talking to an LLM about their problems and getting some advice and everything, I think that human interaction within not too many years will be the minority of interactions.”
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Paul Bloom
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Conversations with Tyler

23 / uncertainty

Oh, yes. It’s like everything else — cell phones, smartphones, and social media, and — I don’t know — sex, alcohol, where if you’re one individual within the community doing it, it’s extremely difficult.

“Oh, yes. It’s like everything else — cell phones, smartphones, and social media, and — I don’t know — sex, alcohol, where if you’re one individual within the community doing it, it’s extremely difficult.”
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Paul Bloom
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Conversations with Tyler

26 / evaluation

Because although as adults, there’s a strong supposition that they’re free to do what they want, I think that the problem is that when they’re not adults, the fact that later on they can have sex — and worse, between, say, a stepfather and a stepdaughter or an uncle and a niece — the idea that sex is a possibility in the future when they’re adults corrodes the relationship early on.

“Because although as adults, there’s a strong supposition that they’re free to do what they want, I think that the problem is that when they’re not adults, the fact that later on they can have sex — and worse, between, say, a stepfather and a stepdaughter or an uncle and a niece — the idea that sex is a possibility in the future when they’re adults corrodes the relationship early on.”
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Paul Bloom
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Conversations with Tyler

27 / recommendation

In fact, part of my advice, to put it somewhat cynically, is for people on job interviews, know the person you’re talking to, do the research, because it’s flattering.

“In fact, part of my advice, to put it somewhat cynically, is for people on job interviews, know the person you’re talking to, do the research, because it’s flattering.”
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Paul Bloom
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29 / evaluation

He also asked people, “How much would I have to pay you for you to take a pair of pliers and pull out one of your front teeth?” And people want more money to strangle a cat than to have this painful, agonizing, disfiguring thing, which, I think, says something nice about people.

“He also asked people, “How much would I have to pay you for you to take a pair of pliers and pull out one of your front teeth?” And people want more money to strangle a cat than to have this painful, agonizing, disfiguring thing, which, I think, says something nice about people.”
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Paul Bloom
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Conversations with Tyler

31 / evaluation

I think in some ways, Santa Claus is an easier climb because he’s just a big guy who looks like a big beard and who climbs down chimneys and gives gifts.

“I think in some ways, Santa Claus is an easier climb because he’s just a big guy who looks like a big beard and who climbs down chimneys and gives gifts.”
Speaker
Paul Bloom
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Conversations with Tyler
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