Paul Bloom - Imagination tends to be truly use...

Imagination tends to be truly useful if accompanied by the power of mental control - if the worlds in one's head can be purposefully manipulated and distinguished from the real one outside it.

Paul Bloom

Canadian Psychologist

Born: Dec 24, 1963

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Power, Control, Imagination, Worlds, Distinguished, Mental, Tends, Outside, Head, Real, Accompanied, Truly, Manipulated, Useful

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