Please use this form to sign up for Professor Paul Bloom's talk on "The Pleasures of Suffering" at 9pm on Tuesday 2nd March 2021. A Zoom link will be emailed to all attendees. If you are not a member of the University of Cambridge but would still like to attend, please email insidethemind.cam@gmail.com

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Why do human beings sometimes pursue pain and hardship? What is the connection between suffering, pleasure, and meaning? A popular view holds that human beings are hedonists, who seek pleasure and avoid pain. But in so many of our activities - spicy foods, very hot baths, horror movies, sad songs, BDSM - we opt for suffering.

Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Yale. He has published books on morality and pleasure, including 'Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion', as well as numerous articles in publications such as The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and the New York Times.

He is co-editor of the journal Behavioural and Brain Sciences.

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'Inside the Mind' is a student-led lecture series at the University of Cambridge. We host talks covering the intersection of neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, politics, & aesthetics.
This series of talks will take place in March and early April, featuring prominent academics, authors, and intellectuals.

The events are aimed at those with an interest in the mind - we have specifically selected speakers who are skilled at making their research comprehensible to a non-specialist audience.

All welcome, whatever you study!

Topics for planned events include:

- Consciousness
- Free Will
- Rationality
- The Left vs Right Brain
- Social decision making