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The surprising psychology behind your urge to break the rules | Paul Bloom
TED Talks Society and Culture
10 minutes 29 seconds
2 years ago
The surprising psychology behind your urge to break the rules | Paul Bloom
We all experience it: that desire to do something wrong just for the sake of it. Whether it's walking on manicured grass or sticking your finger in a friend's ice cream, psychologist Paul Bloom invites us to see the clever, creative and beautiful side of these minor impulses to do bad. He dives into the psychology behind this all-too-human condition -- and proposes that it helps make our world a little more unpredictable and fun.