Without goals the very concept of intelligence is meaningless
Societies that empower women are less violent in every way. - Steven Pinker
Societies that empower women are less violent in every way.
- Steven Pinker
In our society, the best predictor of a man's wealth is his wife's looks, and the best predictor of a woman's looks is her husband's wealth. - Steven Pinker
In our society, the best predictor of a man's wealth is his wife's looks, and the best predictor of a woman's looks is her husband's wealth.
We're living in primate heaven. We're warm, dry, we're not hungry, we don't have fleas and ticks and infections. So why are we so miserable? - Steven Pinker
We're living in primate heaven. We're warm, dry, we're not hungry, we don't have fleas and ticks and infections. So why are we so miserable?
Reading is a technology for perspective-taking. When someone else's thoughts are in your head, you are observing the world from that person's vantage… - Steven Pinker
Reading is a technology for perspective-taking. When someone else's thoughts are in your head, you are observing the world from that person's vantage…
Without goals the very concept of intelligence is meaningless - Steven Pinker
Thanks to the redundancy of language, yxx cxn xndxrstxnd whxt x xm wrxtxng xvxn xf x rxplxcx xll thx vxwxls wxth xn "x" (t gts lttl hrdr f y dn't vn … - Steven Pinker
Thanks to the redundancy of language, yxx cxn xndxrstxnd whxt x xm wrxtxng xvxn xf x rxplxcx xll thx vxwxls wxth xn "x" (t gts lttl hrdr f y dn't vn …
All our behaviours are a result of neurophysiological activity in the brain. There is no reason to believe there is any magic going on. - Steven Pinker
All our behaviours are a result of neurophysiological activity in the brain. There is no reason to believe there is any magic going on.
We will never have a perfect world, but it's not romantic or naive to work toward a better one. - Steven Pinker
We will never have a perfect world, but it's not romantic or naive to work toward a better one.
Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conceptual fabric, such as a narrative, mental map, or… - Steven Pinker
Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conceptual fabric, such as a narrative, mental map, or…
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