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Paul Bloom Returns And Jokes With Hosts
- Paul Bloom returns as the show's first repeat guest and jokes about condums and publicity with the hosts.
- He describes his role as a Yale professor and mentions advising Tamler in grad school, establishing rapport and history.
Defending Reason Against Radical Irrationalism
- Paul wrote an Atlantic piece defending reason against claims that unconscious processes dominate human thought.
- He frames the debate as a pushback on scholars who argue conscious deliberation plays little role in moral and everyday reasoning.
Reason Compatible With Determinism
- Bloom stresses that conscious reasoning and choice are compatible with a deterministic worldview.
- He argues this compatibility undermines extreme readings that dismiss agency entirely.