The Other Story Is Very Short

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Do you think that Jorge across all six worlds would score the same on the moral identity scale? Yeah. That's the Holy Grail now for psychology is that kind of reliability. You still have the validity problem. But look at you all. Sciencey. I'm so glad you didn't become this like, well, actually kind of nerd 10, five years ago because I don't know why all these papers we wouldn't have talked about. Social psychology just wouldn't exist right now if I had,. I would have taken it down. Thanks to Give Well for sponsoring very bad wizards.

Is character destiny, or can fluky decisions or tiny shifts in weather patterns fundamentally change who we are? Does the existence or non-existence of alternate universes have any bearing on freedom and responsibility? David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Ted Chiang’s “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” along with another very short piece by Chiang called “What’s Expected of Us” that was first published in Nature.

Plus, do you have low likability in the workplace? It could be because you’re too moral and therefore not that funny. But don’t worry, we have a solution that’ll help you increase your humor production and likability with no reduction in morality. All you have to do is listen!