The Null Hypothesis

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She frames it as parents have zero impact is the default. She does, in some cases she's not doing herself any favors, but she is fairly subtle I think. David Frum: The studies that claim to be the best evidence for this actually fall apart under scrutiny because they haven't taken care of these glaring confounds. When she says I'm here to defend the null she's really saying like let me change, if we changed our default belief parents don't matter, what would we see?

As parents we like to think we have an impact on our children - their future, their happiness, the kinds of people they turn out to be. But are we deluded? Dave and Tamler are joined by empathy's kryponite, the great Paul Bloom, to talk about Judith Rich Harris's view that parents matter a lot less than you might think (while genes and peer groups matter a lot more than you might think) .

Plus, what the connection between art and morality? Should we support "cancel culture"? Is it wrong to play Michael Jackson's P.Y.T. (spell it out) on the radio? What about the Jackson 5? And what about art that is itself immoral? You're not gonna believe this but Louis CK gets mentioned.

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Special Guest: Paul Bloom.

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