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Dyslexia as a Template for De-Moralizing Behavior

Within living memory, a child failing to learn to read was attributed to laziness and stupidity until the discovery of dyslexia's micro-architectural cortical basis removed the moral blame and, crucially, opened the door to better remediation tools; this is a worked example of subtracting free-will-laden judgment that improved both compassion and intervention.

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Speaker

Robert Sapolsky

Evidence Quote

i think most people in our world by now have assimilated the lesson of dyslexia... oh that's right they they've got a learning difference that's one that's worked

Source

360 - We Really Don T Have Free WillMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:19:39 AM

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