Paul Scheer

But to friends, to strangers, we care a lot about things like natural disasters across the world. We give money to save people we had never met. I think that's extraordinary and beautiful. And studying moral psychology is my day job as a researcher. And I find it extremely interesting and really important. But your question about differences also weighs heavily.

And I guess you have to say two things about that. One is there's natural variation in every aspect of a person, every physical aspect. We're taller or shorter. We burn in the sun or we don't. Our knees ache when we walk or they don't. There's all these variations. And the same holds true once you go above the neck. Some of us are extroverted, others aren't. Some of us are timid. Some are fearful.

And I guess you have to say two things about that. One is there's natural variation in every aspect of a person, every physical aspect. We're taller or shorter. We burn in the sun or we don't. Our knees ache when we walk or they don't. There's all these variations. And the same holds true once you go above the neck. Some of us are extroverted, others aren't. Some of us are timid. Some are fearful.

And I guess you have to say two things about that. One is there's natural variation in every aspect of a person, every physical aspect. We're taller or shorter. We burn in the sun or we don't. Our knees ache when we walk or they don't. There's all these variations. And the same holds true once you go above the neck. Some of us are extroverted, others aren't. Some of us are timid. Some are fearful.

Some like to joke around, others more serious. And the variation extends through morality. Some people are more aggressive than other people. Some people care more, are more sympathetic, are more empathetic. And there's natural variance you see. Some of it's that genetic that you will see even in a kid. Some two-year-olds are not all the same when it comes to how they treat others.

Some like to joke around, others more serious. And the variation extends through morality. Some people are more aggressive than other people. Some people care more, are more sympathetic, are more empathetic. And there's natural variance you see. Some of it's that genetic that you will see even in a kid. Some two-year-olds are not all the same when it comes to how they treat others.

Some like to joke around, others more serious. And the variation extends through morality. Some people are more aggressive than other people. Some people care more, are more sympathetic, are more empathetic. And there's natural variance you see. Some of it's that genetic that you will see even in a kid. Some two-year-olds are not all the same when it comes to how they treat others.

So that's part of it. The other part is I think we're too quick to see the behavior of others that we see as evil. I don't know, take an example from a while ago, the bombing of the Twin Towers on 9-11. We see this as evil, I think correctly so. But what we forget is that the perpetrators don't see themselves as evil. The perpetrators often see themselves as good.

So that's part of it. The other part is I think we're too quick to see the behavior of others that we see as evil. I don't know, take an example from a while ago, the bombing of the Twin Towers on 9-11. We see this as evil, I think correctly so. But what we forget is that the perpetrators don't see themselves as evil. The perpetrators often see themselves as good.

So that's part of it. The other part is I think we're too quick to see the behavior of others that we see as evil. I don't know, take an example from a while ago, the bombing of the Twin Towers on 9-11. We see this as evil, I think correctly so. But what we forget is that the perpetrators don't see themselves as evil. The perpetrators often see themselves as good.

And some of the very terrible acts in our lives are done not through a sort of psychopathy or some perverse desire for evil, but instead through a genuine desire to do good just in a different way.

And some of the very terrible acts in our lives are done not through a sort of psychopathy or some perverse desire for evil, but instead through a genuine desire to do good just in a different way.

And some of the very terrible acts in our lives are done not through a sort of psychopathy or some perverse desire for evil, but instead through a genuine desire to do good just in a different way.

It's an interesting question. Um, a lot of my research involves, I said, I studied moral psychology, often studying children. So there's a profound difference between a five year old and a 10 year old. and a 10-year-old and a 15-year-old.

It's an interesting question. Um, a lot of my research involves, I said, I studied moral psychology, often studying children. So there's a profound difference between a five year old and a 10 year old. and a 10-year-old and a 15-year-old.

It's an interesting question. Um, a lot of my research involves, I said, I studied moral psychology, often studying children. So there's a profound difference between a five year old and a 10 year old. and a 10-year-old and a 15-year-old.

And this is in part could be explained because the brain's a physical organ and grows and ages and atrophies, just like our knees and our bellies and our spines do. And it could be part explained in terms of experience. As you get more and more experience, you change. But we know even in adulthood there are profound changes. Some of them are bad. Your mental speed gets slower after a certain point.

And this is in part could be explained because the brain's a physical organ and grows and ages and atrophies, just like our knees and our bellies and our spines do. And it could be part explained in terms of experience. As you get more and more experience, you change. But we know even in adulthood there are profound changes. Some of them are bad. Your mental speed gets slower after a certain point.

And this is in part could be explained because the brain's a physical organ and grows and ages and atrophies, just like our knees and our bellies and our spines do. And it could be part explained in terms of experience. As you get more and more experience, you change. But we know even in adulthood there are profound changes. Some of them are bad. Your mental speed gets slower after a certain point.

You might know a lot, you might have what they call crystallized intelligence, but you're just not as quick. The quickness fades. That's one part of it. On the positive side, there's been these studies, not just in America, but of dozens of different countries, finding regular personality changes in aging. And what you find is as people age, their personalities on average get a little bit better.