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Capacity Quote by Paul Bloom

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“If our wondrous kindness is evidence for God, is our capacity for great evil proof of the Devil?”

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Imagination is Reality Lite - a useful substitute when the real pleasure is inaccessible, too risky, or too much work.

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I want to convince you that humans are, to some extent, natural born essentialists. What I mean by this is we don't just respond…

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The fact that something can be used for good isn't necessarily a knockdown argument for it.

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I'm very interested in why we do good things, or bad things, and where moral judgments come from.

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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

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I was only operating at about 80% of my capacity.

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Disappointment contains an appointment for doing much better. High expectations mean your higher capacity and belief in abilities.

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I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.…

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“Teach honesty by all means - you do know what it is, don't you?”

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