Parents Just Don't Understand (with Paul Bloom)

{{Episode_Infobox | title = Parents Just Don't Understand (with Paul Bloom) | caption = | episode_number = 162 | release_date = April 16, 2019 | length = 01:26:43 | listen = [[File:Episode-162-parents-just-dont-understand-with-paul-bloom | quote_source = | opening_subject = | beat_break_song = | main_subject = | guests = | previous_episode = Reach-Around Knowledge and Bottom Performers (The Dunning-Kruger Effect) | next_episode = Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas") }}Parents Just Don't Understand (with Paul Bloom) is the 162nd episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast, released on April 16, 2019.

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Show Notes

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. Thanks to our beloved Patreon supporters for suggesting and voting for this topic! Special Guest: Paul Bloom. Support Very Bad Wizards

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