i remember thinking experimental philosophers would have these beautiful introductions to their papers, and then they woud do like, a really shitdy survey. And i feel like i was always sort of on writing the ass of social psychologists to be more tonally clear about that stuff. But in this case, i think we have to be just a bit more clear about, like this does implicitly and explicitly communicate that this is saying something about humans in general. It wasn't clear that it naos to anything that ye, exa we normally associate with that concept. Ye.
It’s a Borges bonanza! David and Tamler dive into two stories: “Emma Zunz” and “Borges and I.” The first seems like a straightforward daughter revenge story (Tamler’s favorite genre), but Borges being Borges there are layers of doubt and fuzziness about what exactly is going on. “Borges and I” may be less than a page, but it has us questioning our identity, the relationship between private and public selves, and what happens to when you release a work out into the world.
Plus, back to social psychology. Are you a picky eater? Then people think you suck at sex. We are not sure who is recording this podcast.
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- People who are willing to try new foods are perceived as more desirable and less sexually restricted
- Bradshaw, H. K., Mengelkoch, S., Espinosa, M., Darrell, A., & Hill, S. E. (2021). You are what you (are willing to) eat: Willingness to try new foods impacts perceptions of sexual unrestrictedness and desirability. Personality and Individual Differences, 182, 111082. — You are what you (are willing to) eat: Willingness to try new foods impacts perceptions of sexual unrestrictedness and desirability
- Emma Zunz by Jorge Luis Borges
- Borges and I by Jorge Luis Borges