A psychologist tweeted that obese PhD applicants don't have the willpower to stop eating carbs. He immediately deleted it, which is an extra no-no in the Twitter sphere. And then issued a couple of apologies, one saying that that was insulting and it was an impulsive tweet. It's like he knows he's just fucked right.
Paul Bloom joins us in the second segment for a lively discussion about the value of empathy as a guide our moral decisions. And in our first scoop, we talk about Paul's new book (coming in November) Just Babies: The Origin of Good and Evil , racist babies, and how 80s sitcoms changed the world. In the first segment, Dave and Tamler face the music and try to respond to a listener's criticisms of their episode on slurs and offensiveness (Episode 22) .
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