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Paul Bloom Quotes

Having kids has proven to be this amazing - for me, this amazing source of ideas of anecdotes, of examples, I can test my own kids without human subject permission, so they pilot - I pilot my ideas on them. And so it is a tremendous advantage to have kids if you’re going to be a developmental psychologist Picture Quote #1

Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family - that’s impossible. It lies, instead, in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don’t empathize with distant strangers, their lives have the same value as the lives of those we love Picture Quote #1

One way to make a baby cry is to expose it to cries of other babies. There’s sort of contagiousness to the crying. It’s not just crying. We also know that if a baby sees another human in silent pain, it will distress the baby. It seems part of our very nature is to suffer at the suffering of others Picture Quote #1

A growing body of evidence suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life Picture Quote #1

Relying on the face might be human nature - even babies prefer to look at attractive people. But, of course, judging someone based on the geometry of his features is, from a moral and legal standpoint, no better than judging him based on the color of his skin Picture Quote #1

A sympathetic parent might see the spark of consciousness in a baby’s large eyes and eagerly accept the popular claim that babies are wonderful learners, but it is hard to avoid the impression that they begin as ignorant as bread loaves Picture Quote #1

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In politics and in society, we can use our reason to rise above our parochial natures. Too bad that our elected officials don’t choose to do so more often Picture Quote #1

Part of the satisfaction of tattling surely comes from showing oneself to adults as a good moral agent, a responsible being who is sensitive to right and wrong. But I would bet that children would tattle even if they could do so only anonymously. They would do it just to have justice done Picture Quote #1

Every president, Democratic or Republican, simply works on the supposition that it’s better to keep jobs in America than let them go to Mexico Picture Quote #1

If you look within the United States, religion seems to make you a better person. Yet atheist societies do very well - better, in many ways, than devout ones Picture Quote #1

Humans are born with a hard-wired morality: a sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. I know this claim might sound outlandish, but it’s supported now by research in several laboratories Picture Quote #1

I want to convince you that humans are, to some extent, natural born essentialists. What I mean by this is we don’t just respond to things as we see them or feel them or hear them. Rather, our response is conditioned on our beliefs, about what they really are, what they came from, what they’re made of, what their hidden nature is Picture Quote #1

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Traditionally, psychology has been the study of two populations: university freshmen and white rats Picture Quote #1

We don’t just respond to things as we see them, or feel them, or hear them. Rather, our response is conditioned on our beliefs, about what they really are, what they came from, what they’re made of, what their hidden nature is Picture Quote #1

If you like somebody, they look better to you. This is why spouses in happy marriages tend to think that their husband or wife looks much better than anyone else thinks that they do Picture Quote #1

And empathy is narrow; it connects us to particular individuals, real or imagined, but is insensitive to numerical differences and statistical data Picture Quote #1

Families survive the terrible twos because toddlers aren’t strong enough to kill with their hands and aren’t capable of using lethal weapons Picture Quote #1

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Having kids has proven to be this amazing - for me, this amazing source of ideas of anecdotes, of examples, I can test my own kids without human subject permission, so they pilot - I pilot my ideas on them. And so it is a tremendous advantage to have kids if you’re going to be a developmental psychologist. (Paul Bloom Quotes) Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family - that’s impossible. It lies, instead, in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don’t empathize with distant strangers, their lives have the same value as the lives of those we love. (Paul Bloom Quotes) One way to make a baby cry is to expose it to cries of other babies. There’s sort of contagiousness to the crying. It’s not just crying. We also know that if a baby sees another human in silent pain, it will distress the baby. It seems part of our very nature is to suffer at the suffering of others. (Paul Bloom Quotes) A growing body of evidence suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life. (Paul Bloom Quotes) Relying on the face might be human nature - even babies prefer to look at attractive people. But, of course, judging someone based on the geometry of his features is, from a moral and legal standpoint, no better than judging him based on the color of his skin. (Paul Bloom Quotes) A sympathetic parent might see the spark of consciousness in a baby’s large eyes and eagerly accept the popular claim that babies are wonderful learners, but it is hard to avoid the impression that they begin as ignorant as bread loaves. (Paul Bloom Quotes) In politics and in society, we can use our reason to rise above our parochial natures. Too bad that our elected officials don’t choose to do so more often. (Paul Bloom Quotes) Part of the satisfaction of tattling surely comes from showing oneself to adults as a good moral agent, a responsible being who is sensitive to right and wrong. But I would bet that children would tattle even if they could do so only anonymously. They would do it just to have justice done. (Paul Bloom Quotes) Every president, Democratic or Republican, simply works on the supposition that it’s better to keep jobs in America than let them go to Mexico. (Paul Bloom Quotes) If you look within the United States, religion seems to make you a better person. Yet atheist societies do very well - better, in many ways, than devout ones. (Paul Bloom Quotes) Humans are born with a hard-wired morality: a sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. I know this claim might sound outlandish, but it’s supported now by research in several laboratories. (Paul Bloom Quotes) I want to convince you that humans are, to some extent, natural born essentialists. What I mean by this is we don’t just respond to things as we see them or feel them or hear them. Rather, our response is conditioned on our beliefs, about what they really are, what they came from, what they’re made of, what their hidden nature is. (Paul Bloom Quotes) Traditionally, psychology has been the study of two populations: university freshmen and white rats (Paul Bloom Quotes) We don’t just respond to things as we see them, or feel them, or hear them. Rather, our response is conditioned on our beliefs, about what they really are, what they came from, what they’re made of, what their hidden nature is (Paul Bloom Quotes) If you like somebody, they look better to you. This is why spouses in happy marriages tend to think that their husband or wife looks much better than anyone else thinks that they do (Paul Bloom Quotes) And empathy is narrow; it connects us to particular individuals, real or imagined, but is insensitive to numerical differences and statistical data (Paul Bloom Quotes) Families survive the terrible twos because toddlers aren’t strong enough to kill with their hands and aren’t capable of using lethal weapons (Paul Bloom Quotes)

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