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“I kind of like social media, and I like hearing from people. I don't like the ugly stuff, but there are some people - smart people - who have a very different perspective, and I'll get a backlash from them. And this isn't necessarily a bad thing.”

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Paul Bloom is a renowned cognitive psychologist, born on December 24, 1963. He is a professor at Yale University, where he studies human thinking, decision-making, and judgment. Bloom's research spans multiple areas, including intuition, intuitive thinking, cognitive biases, and moral judgment. more

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“Individuals differ in how empathic they are. Some people would really flinch if they watched me hitting my hand with a hammer, and other people would just not care.”

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“For the most part, people use "empathy" to mean everything good. For instance, many medical schools have courses in empathy. But if you look at what they mean, they just want medical students to be nicer to their patients, to listen to them, to respect them, to understand them. What's not to like? If they were really teaching empathy, then I'd say there is a world of problems there.”

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