223. Paul Bloom on the pleasures of suffering and the meaning of life
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Evolution of Emotions
There's been a huge amount of debate in psychology about the emotions, and there are different extremes. Emotions can be best seen as motivationa forces that are specialized for certain sorts of situations or motiveagients. And so i think for each emotion, you wic more clearly to understand what it is they're for. They aren't jus ol i wish, i wish o be like mister slock and not have any of them. Emotions are absolutely essential to living a full life. Ecause he didn't have emotions,. He wouldn't be motivated to respond appropriately to situations involving danger and threat and love and ungenerous and so on.
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