Paul Bloom Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Once we accept violence as an adaptation, it makes sense that its expression is calibrated to the environment. The same individual will behave differently if he comes of age in Detroit, Mich., versus Windsor, Ontario; in New York in the 1980s versus New York now; in a culture of honor versus a culture of dignity.”

“The real problem with natural selection is that it makes no intuitive sense. It is like quantum physics; we may intellectually grasp it, but it will never feel right to us.”

“Having kids has proven to be this amazing - for me, this amazing source of ideas of anecdotes, of examples, I can test my own kids without human subject permission, so they pilot - I pilot my ideas on them. And so it is a tremendous advantage to have kids if you're going to be a developmental psychologist.”

“Too often, our concern for specific individuals today means neglecting crises that will harm countless people in the future.”

“Any simple claim that you need religion to be good is flat wrong.”

“A growing body of evidence suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life.”

“We are naturally moral beings, but our environments can enhance - or, sadly, degrade - this innate moral sense.”

“Humans are social beings, and we are happier, and better, when connected to others.”

“I think what a lot of fiction is, is the imagining of the worst so as to prepare ourselves.”

“If our wondrous kindness is evidence for God, is our capacity for great evil proof of the Devil?”