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#105: What can psychology tell us about meaning? (feat. Paul Bloom)

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Are You Walking Around Here With a Life Story?

There's a reason why some things are thought of as meaningful in our society and like having children going to war. These are often the same things found meaningful in other societies, including pre-literist societies. We find a good way of asking people, do you have a life story? You predict that a large proportion of people would say yes, 80%, 90% nobody says 100%. I predict, not as many; I predict 20 to 30%.

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