Naturally Artificial | Bridging the Gap between Minds and Machines

#9: Paul Bloom on The Downsides of Empathy in Moral Decision Making


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In this podcast episode, I sat down for an in depth conversation with Paul Bloom. Paul is an Canadian American psychologist. He is the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of psychology and cognitive science at Yale University. His research explores how children and adults understand the physical and social world, with special focus on language, morality, religion, fiction, and art.Paul wrote a book Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion in 2016. The book draws on the distinctions be...
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Naturally Artificial | Bridging the Gap between Minds and MachinesBy Junior Okoroafor