Episode 140: Milgram's Mice

Honor shmonor, David and Tamler return to their repugnant roots for this one. First, we pay an overdue homage to the great anonymous blogger and twitter-redeemer Neuroskeptic. We pick a few of our favorite pithy tweets and crazy science article links from his @neuro_skeptic twitter account. Topics include: How much would you pay for porn? Should we be stereotyping zoophiles? Animal or fist - how to distinguish? And what do the left and right brain actually do? In part 2, we discuss an experiment that aims to finally answer the question: do our judgments in sacrificial dilemmas (like the trolley problem) -actually- predict our behavior? Plus, we find out live (on tape) if David is a Laurel or a Yanni - or is he a Samantha?

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Links:

• Neuroskeptic - Wikipedia
• Neuroskeptic (@Neuro_Skeptic) | Twitter
• Neuroskeptic's Blog for Discover Magazine
• @Neuro_skeptic: "If one post sums me up"
• Two Psychologists Four Beers — New podcast hosted by VBW regular Yoel Inbar and Michael Inzlicht.
• Tatter (podcast) — New podcast, hosted by social psychologist Michael Sargent, with interviews and discussions on politics and policy.
• The Political Theory Review by Jeffrey Church on Apple Podcasts
• Bostyn, D. H., Sevenhant, S., & Roets, A. (2018). Of Mice, Men, and Trolleys: Hypothetical Judgment Versus Real-Life Behavior in Trolley-Style Moral Dilemmas. Psychological Science, 0956797617752640.