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Psychologist who studies and writes about human nature—including morality, pleasure, and religion

New Haven, CT
campuspress.yale.edu/paulbloom/
Joined November 2009
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  1. 8 hours ago

    doesn't this sound better as "turn _them_ over to government at once!"? -- see the excellent article by ,

    Does the so-called “Senior Administration Official” really exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source? If the GUTLESS anonymous person does indeed exist, the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!
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    10 hours ago

    Look, I’m sure the president will have a calm and measured respo

    TREASON?
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    Sep 4

    Reading your “Rate My Prof” entry be like:

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  4. Sep 4

    I'd kill to get the transcript of this conversation

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    Sep 4

    Marcia K. Johnson receives APS 2018 Mentor Award. So well deserved!

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  6. Sep 4

    Tell me about it. Over the last many years teaching Introduction to Psychology, my Ross Perot jokes have not been working at all.

    you are teaching and mention the Challenger disaster, and you get all glassy looks.
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  7. Sep 4

    Interesting defense of singular "they". (It DOES take getting used to, but I'm working on it ...)

    My take on the new THEY in writing, for those disinclined to my podcast. In short, it takes some getting used to, but so do plenty of words and constructions we deliberately internalize rather than learn as toddlers.
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  8. Sep 4

    Yikes. (the McCain story!)

    In Trump's White House, rage and backstabbing go both ways. Bob Woodward’s new book examines a presidency’s ‘nervous breakdown.’
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  9. Sep 3

    On resigning from certain sorts of debates -- this brief essay is very smart and very moving. (ht: )

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    Aug 30

    Out now: the full treatment of "Folk-economic beliefs: An evolutionary cognitive model" by (Pascal Boyer ) and (), with 31 open commentaries by peers, and an author's response! Give it a read yourself now at:

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    Aug 30

    Congratulations to Guy Kahane & for receiving SPSPs Daniel M. Wegner Theoretical Innovation Prize

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  13. Aug 29

    This is a wonderful thread.

    this is without a doubt the best thing that's ever happened to me
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  14. Aug 29

    Suppose you were reading something about you and your work, and you believed that the description was pretty accurate. Would you rather be described as:

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  15. Aug 28

    Good teaching advice

    Two years ago, I was saying “do you have any questions?”. Last year I switched to “what questions do you have?” It made a difference. Today I tried “ask me two questions”. And they did! And those ?s led to more ?s. It amazes me that the littlest things have such a big impact!
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  16. Aug 28

    Is this for real? If so, wow.

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  17. Aug 28

    New semester is about to start, so ... my 14 bits of teaching advice for new profs!

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    Aug 27

    me when asked about having accomplished all of my summer research plans

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  19. Aug 27

    The hardest moments of my life are when I'm on a webpage and I decide to "cancel" something ... and a box comes up asking me if I want to go ahead or "cancel", and I have to realize that if I hit "cancel", I am cancelling the original cancellation, not actually cancelling.

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