Are we a selfish species? | Paul Bloom

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  • Опубліковано 14 січ 2025

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  • @The-Well
    @The-Well  2 роки тому +4

    Do you think this is why humans can be kind to strangers?

    • @sumitbhardwaj5612
      @sumitbhardwaj5612 11 місяців тому

      I don't know but people trust strangers everywhere. What the philosophy behind it I don't know but most of us help strangers even though some people can die for strangers.

    • @saved1720
      @saved1720 9 місяців тому

      Are you guy who wrote in my text is all selfish

  • @raf1717
    @raf1717 2 роки тому +4

    I'm having a great on-going existential crisis right now. I remember watching Paul Bloom's lecture on Introduction to Psychology (it was on youtube) and he opened up my mind to a path which led me to this... ✨ big quest ✨ ... an exciting quest about existence.

  • @spennny1000
    @spennny1000 2 роки тому +6

    again this is why I subscribed

    • @The-Well
      @The-Well  2 роки тому

      Cheers, that's great to hear. 🙂

  • @benah6192
    @benah6192 11 місяців тому

    From a unique state of interpretation of self, and others this man's love shines...
    It would be amazing to have a brief conversation with him...
    He deserves to be empowered further with deeper insights into this existence, his own and others...

  • @suryastiwari6233
    @suryastiwari6233 2 роки тому +5

    Yes.... Sometimes i reckon that from where they get these amazing videos 👍👍👍

    • @The-Well
      @The-Well  2 роки тому +1

      Awww, thanks Suryas!

  • @Streetslovepasta
    @Streetslovepasta 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing video great man

  • @Mar1994-soli4
    @Mar1994-soli4 Рік тому

    Super cool video 👍
    Thanks for posting.

  • @sumitbhardwaj5612
    @sumitbhardwaj5612 11 місяців тому

    That was a great teaching, I hope people will learn what he said. That the world isn't your enemy.

  • @Thomas-nc9fz
    @Thomas-nc9fz 2 роки тому +3

    This is very much the topic of Richard Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene

  • @shavedraven
    @shavedraven 2 роки тому

    This is an especially interesting take from Mr Bloom considering his stance on empathy. Another great video.

  • @TheSkystrider
    @TheSkystrider 2 роки тому +5

    Culture, upbringing, social facades (eg. our lawns have to be green grass, can't have weeds, or the importance of a diamond ring and so on) and idols (merely things we like and we allow to influence our thinking patterns) determine how our morale thinking and actions tend to work. I am more likely to be someone who donates time & resources if my upbringing taught me to care for others. Society as we know it, with law, some order and a sense of "equality" (think Christian doctrine that a king has no more right into heaven than a peasant) was a highly unlikely outcome. It makes more sense for Kings and the powerful to have stayed on top. I'm grateful Christianity saved us from that, even though I'm not religious. I'm grateful that some people have some capacity to help others though I wish I saw more of it. I help others a lot. I could use more help from others though.

    • @zamolxezamolxe8131
      @zamolxezamolxe8131 2 роки тому

      yeah, luckily it helped with the burning of the witches too...

  • @sofimazi555
    @sofimazi555 11 місяців тому

    Unfortunately,
    politicians are here to ruin your theory...

  • @Reptanimalposts
    @Reptanimalposts 4 місяці тому

    Humans are. Look at humans from the perspective of any animal.

  • @momijiyamanishi4548
    @momijiyamanishi4548 Рік тому

    The guy talks like he has mush in his mouth.