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Strip Club Physics
Serious decisions need serious settings
Apr 21
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Kurt Gray
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Helen Devine
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Sam Pratt
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March 2025
People Seem Evil Because the World Has Gotten Better (And Then a Bit Worse Suddenly)
We’ve been working hard on new content, but this week we’re re-releasing our most popular post of all time.
Mar 21
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Kurt Gray
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Will Blakey
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People Seem Evil Because the World Has Gotten Better (And Then a Bit Worse Suddenly)
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February 2025
AI is More Moral than You
And the NYTimes’ Best Ethicist
Feb 11
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Kurt Gray
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Sam Pratt
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Helen Devine
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AI is More Moral than You
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January 2025
Why Grandma’s Cookies Taste So Good
Or: When I Gave Electric Shocks to Harvard Undergrads
Jan 29
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Kurt Gray
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Sam Pratt
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Why Grandma’s Cookies Taste So Good
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OUTRAGED! The Big Day is Here
You can now get a copy wherever books are sold
Jan 14
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Kurt Gray
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Sam Pratt
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Helen Devine
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OUTRAGED! The Big Day is Here
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The Past and Future of Moral Understanding
Best of 2024 and what's next
Jan 7
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Kurt Gray
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Sam Pratt
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Helen Devine
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The Past and Future of Moral Understanding
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December 2024
How the DMV Saved Christmas
Shared irritation brings us together
Dec 20, 2024
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Kurt Gray
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Sam Pratt
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Helen Devine
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The Assassination of a CEO
Why some celebrate the pain of the powerful
Dec 6, 2024
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Kurt Gray
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Helen Devine
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Sam Pratt
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The Assassination of a CEO
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November 2024
In Defense of Flat Earthers
Conspiracy theorists are more logical than you think
Nov 21, 2024
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Kurt Gray
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Sam Pratt
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Helen Devine
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In Defense of Flat Earthers
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Moving Forward
The 2024 Election and the Curse of the Curse of Knowledge
Nov 8, 2024
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Kurt Gray
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Helen Devine
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Sam Pratt
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Moving Forward
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October 2024
The Psychology of Pettiness
Why (some) people get so angry at line-cutting and grape-stealing
Oct 1, 2024
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Kurt Gray
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Helen Devine
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Sam Pratt
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The Psychology of Pettiness
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September 2024
When a Christian Nationalist Drove Me to the Airport
Why Civility is Not Surrender
Sep 20, 2024
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Kurt Gray
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When a Christian Nationalist Drove Me to the Airport
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The Problem with Moral Psychology
What science says about moral truths and romancing your sibling
Sep 9, 2024
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Kurt Gray
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Sam Pratt
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The Problem with Moral Psychology
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June 2024
Video: TEDxReno Talk
Morality, mind perception, and concussions
Jun 6, 2024
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Kurt Gray
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Video: TEDxReno Talk
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May 2024
Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics
A new upcoming book and a new theory of moral disagreement
May 23, 2024
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Kurt Gray
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Sam Pratt
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Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics
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April 2024
DANGER! Why MORAL PANICS(!) Are Irresistible to Your Brain
Humans are meerkats, kids are on social media, and dogs are dizzy
Apr 18, 2024
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Kurt Gray
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Sam Pratt
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Curtis Puryear
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DANGER! Why MORAL PANICS(!) Are Irresistible to Your Brain
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February 2024
Being Alone Doesn't Make You a Killer
Would Henry David Thoreau be a Mass Shooter in 2024?
Feb 19, 2024
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Sam Pratt
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Kurt Gray
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Being Alone Doesn't Make You a Killer
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January 2024
Hidden Brain and Evil Explain
Lessons from death threats
Jan 31, 2024
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Kurt Gray
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Sam Pratt
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Hidden Brain and Evil Explain
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Video: Why we Fight about Morality
Humans as prey, and the evolution of morality
Jan 19, 2024
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Kurt Gray
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Video: Why we Fight about Morality
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November 2023
The Myopia of Heroism
Listen now | Hamas, Israel, and the Quest to Save Victims
Nov 17, 2023
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Kurt Gray
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Sam Pratt
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Will Blakey
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Charitable Condescension
You're Not a Saint for Thinking "They" Are Stupid...
Nov 11, 2023
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Kurt Gray
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Will Blakey
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Sam Pratt
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October 2023
The Myopia of Heroism
Hamas, Israel, and the Quest to Save Victims
Oct 23, 2023
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Kurt Gray
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Sam Pratt
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Will Blakey
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The Myopia of Heroism
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August 2023
Charitable Condescension
You're Not a Saint for Thinking "They" Are Stupid
Aug 1, 2023
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Kurt Gray
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Will Blakey
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Sam Pratt
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Charitable Condescension
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February 2023
Why Americans Hate Political Division but Can’t Resist Being Divisive
No one likes polarization. According to a recent poll, 93% of Americans say it is important to reduce the country's current divides, including…
Feb 21, 2023
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Will Blakey
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Kurt Gray
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Why Americans Hate Political Division but Can’t Resist Being Divisive
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