Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists — that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but as a deep feature of what pleasure (and pain) is. Paul Bloom studies our common-sense understanding of the world — how we know what we know, why we like what we like.Wathc this inspiring, insightful, and funny talk here: Pleasure&Pain
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