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Families survive the terrible twos because toddlers aren't strong enough to kill with their hands and aren't capable of using lethal weapons.

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It's relevant that people whose polling places are schools are more likely to vote for sales taxes that will fund education. Or that judges become more likely to deny parole the longer they go without a break. Or that people serve themselves more food when using a large plate. Such effects, even when they're small, can make a practical difference, especially when they influence votes and justice and health. But their existence doesn't undermine the idea of a rational and deliberative self. To think otherwise would be like concluding that because salt adds flavor to food, nothing else does.

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Traditionally, psychology has been the study of two populations: university freshmen and white rats.

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Philosophers have often looked for the defining feature of humans — language, rationality, culture, and so on. I'd stick with this: Man is the only animal that likes Tabasco sauce.

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Born: December 24, 1963 (age 61)
Bio: Paul Bloom is a Canadian American professor of psychology and cognitive science at Yale University.
Known for:
  1. Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil (2013)
  2. Descartes' Baby (2004)
  3. How children learn the meanings of words (2000)

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