Paul Bloom

9 Followers

community-curated profile

Earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology (with honors first class) from McGill University in 1985. Earned a PhD in cognitive psychology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology... Show More

Overview Posts Content Recommendations

Featured content

Recent recommendations

Recent posts

Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale · Apr 20, 2023

From Twitter

1. Great podcast 2. The claims aren't contradictory. Religion can be both destructive of rationality AND make us happier/healthier

Podcast

by David DeSteno

Recommended by 1 person

1 mention

Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale · Apr 9, 2023

From Twitter

thanks -- we've seen this; terrific paper!

Article Oct 21, 2019

The Psychology of Existential Risk: Moral Judgments about Human Extinction Stefan Schubert, Lucius Caviola & Nadira S. Faber

by Nadira Faber (nadira@zirk.us) and 2 others

Recommended by 1 person

1 mention

Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale · Apr 1, 2023

From Twitter

An extremely good book--thoughtful, clever & important. @tage_rai

Book Nov 27, 2014

Virtuous Violence: Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships

by Tage Shakti Rai and Alan Page Fiske

Recommended by 1 person

1 mention

Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale · Feb 25, 2023

From Twitter

I have. Great book -- I'm a big fan of Crews in general.

Book 2017

Freud: The Making of an Illusion

by Frederick C. Crews

Recommended by 1 person

1 mention

Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale · Oct 5, 2022

From Twitter

Definitely related--and one of my favourite papers ever. But you all look at future vs. past and I'm interested, now, in close past vs. distant past

Paper

A Wrinkle in Time

Recommended by 1 person

1 mention