The Negative Claims of Social Science Research

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Darlick: The vengeance my field has gotten on Judith Rich Harris is to a large extent by ignoring her critiques. I see, like, a weird lack of critical, like, it was very hard to find a critical piece on the woman who got kicked out of Harvard with a graduate student and then got the award for same guy. Darlick: If social science research is wrong, then you don't know that peers, uh, that peers matter.

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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