You might argue on utilitarian grounds that the best way for the world to work is for everybody to take care of… — Paul Bloom Arguing Copy Share Image
Traditionally, psychology has been the study of two populations: university freshmen and white rats. — Paul Bloom Education Copy Share Image
I think we're going to care more about Americans than Africans. I don't think that's ever going to go away, and I… — Paul Bloom Acknowledge Copy Share Image
This enthusiasm [for empathy] may be misplaced. Empathy has some unfortunate features – it is parochial, narrow-minded and innumerate. We’re often at… — Paul Bloom Empathy Copy Share Image
I'm really interested in the pleasure we get from stories and the pleasure we get from movies, and certainly the pleasure we… — Paul Bloom Beats Copy Share Image
My younger son told me nobody uses email anymore. I'm this old fogie with my email. I don't know what I'm supposed… — Paul Bloom Communicate Copy Share Image
I am never going to write about dogs again. You can write about Islam, you can write about sexuality, but no, not… — Paul Bloom Dog Copy Share Image
What I mean by "empathy" is putting yourself in other people's shoes, feeling what they feel. — Paul Bloom Empathy Copy Share Image
We know that young babies, as they become capable of moving voluntarily, will share. They will share food, for instance, with their… — Paul Bloom Around Copy Share Image
It is clear that rituals and sacrifices can bring people together, and it may well be that a group that does such… — Paul Bloom Advantage Copy Share Image
Relying on the face might be human nature - even babies prefer to look at attractive people. But, of course, judging someone… — Paul Bloom Attractive Copy Share Image
Maybe one of the most heartening findings from the psychology of pleasure is there's more to looking good than your physical appearance.… — Paul Bloom Anyone Copy Share Image
I think there's some evidence that when it comes to being a doctor or nurse, a police officer or therapist, that empathetic… — Paul Bloom Able Copy Share Image
Empathy has some unfortunate features - it is parochial, narrow-minded, and innumerate. We're often at our best when we're smart enough not… — Paul Bloom Best Copy Share Image
Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family - that's impossible. It… — Paul Bloom Appreciation Copy Share Image
My brother is severely autistic, so when I was a kid I spent a lot of time as a teenager in camps… — Paul Bloom Autistic Copy Share Image
We benefit, intellectually and personally, from the interplay between different selves, from the balance between long-term contemplation and short-term impulse. We should… — Paul Bloom About Copy Share Image
Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have immaterial souls. — Paul Bloom Arises Copy Share Image
“In 1999, the anthropologist Christopher Boehm addressed this issue in Hierarchy in the Forest, which reviewed the lifestyles of dozens of small-scale… — Paul Bloom Occupy wall street Copy Share Image
When you start writing things to try to persuade someone who's not already part of your guild or your profession that something… — Paul Bloom Ask yourself Copy Share Image
In politics and in society, we can use our reason to rise above our parochial natures. Too bad that our elected officials… — Paul Bloom Above Copy Share Image
I kind of like social media, and I like hearing from people. I don't like the ugly stuff, but there are some… — Paul Bloom Backlash Copy Share Image
Because of empathy, we care more for, and devote far more resources to, someone who is familiar, from our country or our… — Paul Bloom Care Copy Share Image