People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast artwork

On how being distant makes killing and other antisocial behavior easier, with Abe Rutchick

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

English - February 09, 2022 01:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 35 ratings
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Abe Rutchick talks about his psychology research that showed that killing is easier at a distance, how the experiment was designed, and about antisocial behavior in general being more likely when at a distance. We talk about his research related to how people attribute moral responsibility when it comes to harm inflicted by autonomous self-driving vehicles. And we talk about some studies he worked on that involved poker.