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Episode 162: Parents Just Don't Understand (with Paul Bloom)

Episode 162: Parents Just Don't Understand (with Paul Bloom)

FromVery Bad Wizards


Episode 162: Parents Just Don't Understand (with Paul Bloom)

FromVery Bad Wizards

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Length:
87 minutes
Released:
Apr 16, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

As parents we like to think we have an impact on our children - their future, their happiness, the kinds of people they turn out to be. But
are we deluded? Dave and Tamler are joined by empathy's kryponite, the great Paul Bloom, to talk about Judith Rich Harris's view that parents matter a lot less than you might think (while genes and peer groups matter a lot more than you might think) .
Plus, what the connection between art and morality? Should we support "cancel culture"? Is it wrong to play Michael Jackson's P.Y.T. (spell it out) on the radio? What about the Jackson 5? And what about art that is itself immoral? You're not gonna believe this but Louis CK gets mentioned.
Thanks to our beloved Patreon supporters for suggesting and voting for this topic! Special Guest: Paul Bloom.
Released:
Apr 16, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Pizarro), who share a love for ethics, pop culture, and cognitive science, and who have a marked inability to distinguish sacred from profane. Each podcast includes discussions of moral philosophy, recent work on moral psychology and neuroscience, and the overlap between the two.