It leads to better choices in our lives and in the publicsphere, and is the ultimate driver of social justice and moral ...

The world seems awash with irrationality, evident in anti-vaxxers, climate change deniers, and political conspirators. What is to be done? Steven Pinker’s spirited, amusing, and lucid new book argues ...

"What’s wrong with people?" – Steven Pinker (said while riffing on his bubbe). "It’s not your fault." – Dr. Sean Maguire (Robin Williams) to Will Hunting in the eponymous good movie. In chapter ten of ...

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AMES, Iowa – Will artificial intelligence render the human mind irrelevant? Acclaimed scientist and author Steven Pinker will answer that question when he presents the 2024 Goldtrap Lecture at Iowa ...

Dr. Steven Pinker, a Harvard psychologist and prolific author, has often been described as a cheerleader for science, reason, and humanism. He is often maligned by his critics as a defender of the ...

Steven Pinker, cognitive psychologist, best-selling author and Harvard professor. Steven Pinker is a cognitive psychologist and best-selling author of more than a dozen books on why we behave the way ...

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Today's guest is Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker. Pinker and Reason's Nick Gillespie discuss recent shifts at Harvard toward greater institutional neutrality and free speech, while warning that ...