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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[@HighTech636]

I’m a simple man: I see Dr. Paul Bloom on the Non-Zero podcast, I click it.

[@mcnallyaar]

Right!? It's always a safe bet!

[@mcnallyaar]

I love how their disagreements are advancements!

[@mcnallyaar]

I love Dr. Bloom's swift elegance in representing complexities with clarity, while not dumbing them down. It's also refreshing that he's able to have bold opinions without being an asshole. A rare feat!

[@mcnallyaar]

42:15 "So, before we call people stupid for their views, ask what are they trying to maximize? What's their goal, here? I think when we do that, we find they're smarter than they look." God Bless You, Dr. Bloom

[@johns.7297]

Always fun and interesting sessions.

[@jarod2243]

Skinner did not outright reject thoughts and feelings; rather, he argued that they are also behaviors. Skinner's perspective emphasized that all aspects of human experience, including internal states, can be understood within the framework of behavior. By considering thoughts and feelings as behaviors, Skinner aimed to provide a comprehensive account of human functioning. It's important to note that Skinner's approach doesn't deny the existence or significance of thoughts and feelings. Instead, he sought to examine the functional relationships between these internal states and observable behavior. Skinner believed that by understanding how thoughts and feelings influence our actions, we can gain a deeper understanding of behavior as a whole. By characterizing Skinner as completely dismissing thoughts and feelings, I feel there's a misrepresentation of his nuanced viewpoint. Skinner's approach provides a valuable perspective on the interplay between internal states and external factors in shaping behavior.

[@waynetables6414]

The State of Psychology | Robert Wright & Al Gore

[@michaelfavata2720]

Paul Bloom is always likable.

[@dawnneander9999]

So enjoyable, thanks !

[@statisticaldemystic6817]

I use Pinker's How the Mind Works when I teach undergrad Cognitive, and Sopolsky's Behave when I teach undergrad Physio Psych, but have struggled to find a good popular science book for Intro. Maybe this is it? I'll check it out. Students love pop science books, won't remember 1/100 of what is in a textbook (even if they did read it), and an intro class should be a view from 30,000 feet. I'm hopeful.

[@mcnallyaar]

That is so cool! Good luck! Bless you for doing the good work.

[@gloriaharbin1131]

Oh boy howdy! Love it when you two talk and I get to listen.❤

[@yaserthe1]

The al gore jokes with Paul bloom never get old 😂😂

[@yclept9]

Priming: after a hijacked airliner from Los Angeles, investigators worked out how the hijacker managed to get a weapon in luggage on board. Security was lax. I assume they'd wandered around rooms with LAX baggage tags.

[@rishabhprasad5417]

Paul bloom now deserves bigger platforms.....I think he should go on the JRE or lex fridman's show

[@ruefulquixote]

So this is still freely available on KZbin, but the RSS is locked for subscribers only now?

[@endoalley680]

Great job Rob. I think I will get the audiobook. I wonder how Blum would approach the Donald Hoffman style of hypothesis that natural selection did Not give us the faculties to see the workings of reality at all? That our psyches are a tool to interpret, and behave, within a fictional construct. My guess is thaat Blum would dismiss Hoffman's line of thought.

[@aminam9201]

By the way, I wrote what he said about phantom limbs and the existence of a plan in the brain that represents the exquisite details of entire human body many years ago, and he talked about language in other video, I wrote that too in more details on closer to truth many times since years ago too, take a look at chomsky, I recognised that since I was a little child (about 8 years old) that there’s built-in grammar ready to adapt any language and that language is just a symbolic representation of human thoughts,…etc if that’s new then this one is a thief too..

[@kelseystrate2035]

The political science view--the Michigan model of voting behavior. Party identification is the distal cause.