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The State of Psychology (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
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The State of Psychology (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

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1:46 Paul’s new book, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
12:13 Does psychology need more evolutionary thinking?
20:33 Freud and Skinner and parts in between
30:47 Mind-body dualism’s enduring intuitive appeal
33:16 ChatGPT and the human mind: compare and contrast
38:22 Are cognitive biases overblown?
47:59 A brief note about the podcast
51:24 Implicit biases, memory, and other topics covered in the book

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded March 07, 2023.

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Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking.