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Recorded:Apr 4    Posted:Apr 13, 2013
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The Mind Report | Apr 13, 2013 | Tamar Szabo Gendler & Jonathan Haidt

The Glenn Show

Considering “all lives matter”

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Glenn Loury and Harold Pollack discuss the phrase used by some white politicians in response to Black Lives Matter protesters.

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The psychology of spiritual transcendence

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Social psychologist Clayton Critcher discusses his research into the link between inspiration and religious belief.

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Getting past the “culture filter”

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Megan McArdle describes why it’s hard to understand people who are different from you. Plus: The importance of being uncertain.

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The DMZ

Explaining Ben Carson’s appeal

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Bill Scher and Matt Lewis consider the neurosurgeon and political neophyte. Plus: Have the rules of politics changed?

Culturally Determined

Show Me a Hero and solving the tragedy of the commons

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Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Kriston Capps discuss how the HBO miniseries depicted the evolution of public housing.

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Why does God have to be perfect?

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Robert Wright and David Corn contemplate a God who isn’t omnipotent and infinitely good. Plus: How to leave a meaningful legacy.

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What’s so great about volition?

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Robert Wright and John Horgan discuss the pros and cons of believing in free will. Plus: Theology via drug trip.

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Showing sign language to non-signers

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Brent Strickland describes his experiments testing whether we have an innate sense of whether verbs are “telic,” meaning they having a definite end point.