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Episode 104: Smelling Salts for Morality: Our Top 3 Movies About Empathy (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad Wizards
The Power of Emotional Empathy
Willard: Can somebody who is so skilled at knowing the feelings of others actually be that sadistic? Willard: In some sense, sadism is a... It's kind of weird itself, right? Where it seems as if on some version of what a serial killer is doing, it requires that you feel the pain of someone else. So, bullies score higher in theory of mind, understanding other people than their victims. And forget about the dramatic cases. I mean, everybody's been in close relationships where you get angry at somebody and you want to hurt them. You know Tamler very well. You know his insecurities and his weaknesses. Hit him where it hurts. Yeah
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