I think the greatest work in social psychology from the 1950s and '60s is enormously important. I wish every high school kid could take a course in social psychology. I think we're making enormous strides in understanding the brain. These aren't yet giving us great insights, but I feel like we're on the verge of it. In five or ten years this basically searching the brain is really going to change things.
Jonathan HaidtScandal is great entertainment because it allows people to feel contempt, a moral emotion that gives feeling of moral superiority while asking nothing in return.
Jonathan HaidtPeople who devote their lives to studying something often come to believe that the object of their fascination is the key to understanding everything.
Jonathan HaidtBy temperament and disposition and emotions, I'm a liberal; but in my beliefs about what's best for the country, I'm a centrist.
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