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The unusual politics of disgust - David Pizarro

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TED-Ed
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Jul 16, 2026
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1187
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Summary

What does a disgusting image have to do with how you vote? Equipped with surveys and experiments, psychologist David Pizarro demonstrates a correlation between sensitivity to disgusting cues -- a photo of feces, an unpleasant odor -- and moral and political conservatism. (Filmed at TEDxEast.) Talk by David Pizarro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices