Why we act perversely | Psychologist Paul Bloom
191Paul Bloom discusses the reasons why we act in perverse and apparently destructive ways.
Is perversion as irrational as it appears?
Watch the full talk at https://iai.tv/video/the-devil-in-all...
Many have had the experience of an urge to do something wrong just for the hell of it. From walking on grass we're told to keep off to fantasies of violence towards someone we find a minor annoyance. Join Yale psychologist Paul Bloom as he invites us to see the clever, creative and beautiful side of our impulses toward evil.
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Paul Bloom is a trailblazing Canadian American psychologist, bestselling author and celebrated speaker. He is the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of psychology and cognitive science at Yale University and Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto.
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