Rob

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The charm of knowledge would be meager if there were not so much shame to overcome on the way to it. -Nietzsche

Fort Collins
Joined July 2010
Born February 14
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    Jul 4

    "One is really only alive when one enjoys the good will of others."

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    8 hours ago

    Check out our new special joint episode with the Political Philosophy Podcast (), in which we talk about why we do podcasts, the existence of fundamental moral disagreement, and the nature of political divides.

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    5 hours ago

    Five Counterintuitive Insights from Behavioural Genetics From 's review of 's new book Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are

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    Oct 9

    Body movements help women reach orgasm during vaginal intercourse.

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    3 hours ago

    Linda Gottfredson, an expert on occupational interests and intelligence, is the latest disinvited speaker. (She's also on a McCarthyite list of "extremists" by the Southern Poverty Law Ctr, once a respected civil rights org., now aggressively illiberal.)

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    6 hours ago

    I’ve come to conclusion that Facebook has eaten the brains of US (not really) ‘progressive’ philosophers. You’re stuck in silos of self-congratulation, insulated from counterevidence & critique, looking more crazy & cognitively dissonant by the minute. Yes, this is a subtweet.

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    Oct 12

    My conversation w/ on free speech issues, freedom of thought, and the state of higher education Episode 68: Keith Whittington

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  8. 10 hours ago

    Indeed, a follow-up conversation between and would be great!

    How DNA Makes Us Who We Are with Robert Plomin (things start to get feisty around the 53:00 mark) | The Psychology Podcast via
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    11 hours ago

    Impressions such as those to which I wished to give permanence could not but vanish at the touch of a direct enjoyment which had been powerless to engender them.

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    14 hours ago

    My review of Robert Plomin's important book Blueprint:

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    13 hours ago

    Linda Gottfredson is one of the best, most careful, and most compassionate researchers on intelligence. I coauthored a couple of papers with her. Canceling her keynote for ideological reasons is shameful.

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  12. 15 hours ago

    "Our findings indicate that the Reformation played an important causal role in the secularization of the West."

    Nov 2018 #8: “Religious Competition and Reallocation: The Political Economy of Secularization in the Protestant Reformation,” by Cantoni, Dittmar (), and Yuchtman:
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    Oct 12

    Here's my advisor Ed Hagen using the bargaining model of suicidal behavior and our research to address recent events. Suicide and

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  14. Oct 12

    "If moral responses are derived in part from evaluative responses, and evaluation is open, it follows that morality is not a special content domain (like allocation or justice), but a posture with respect to any content that can be evaluated." -

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    Oct 12

    New paper! - Are deontologists more prosocial than consequentialists? - We measure moral judgm using Trapdoor dilemma, and prosociality with Trust and Dictator game - Result: deonts perceived more prosocial than consequentialists, but they are actually not

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    Oct 12

    Three of Peter Singer's grandparents died in the Holocaust. This is Singer's view on criminalizing Holocaust denial:

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    Oct 12

    One scientist ( ) in defence of another: "It is especially disappointing to see Gottfredson treated this way because she can be trusted. She does not shirk from telling the truth even when it hurts her."

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    Oct 12

    On reflection, I see these as key immigration Qs: (1) What do (people think) the people of a nation owe each other? (2) What (do people think) are legit ways to pick who in/out of a nation? These are now the Qs for which I'd like to see deep thoughtful analysis.

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    Oct 12

    A thought provoking take on the industrial revolution, grounded in evolution and in psychology. Deserves to be widely read!

    Can brain and behavioral sciences contribute to explaining the origins of the Industrial Revolution? Open for commentary!
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    Oct 12

    Guys, I've just released an interview I did w/ Dr. , about her new book, Objection: Disgust, Morality, and the Law. Go check it out!

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  21. Oct 12

    "The upshot for the theory of mind is devastating. There is nothing in our brains to vindicate the theory’s description of how anyone ever makes up his or her mind."

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