Steven Pinker: Rationality Saves Lives
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Steven Pinker: Rationality Saves Lives
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Steven Pinker: What went wrong at Harvard
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Steven Pinker: What went wrong at Harvard
Mar 27, 2024
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"But what is a mental image? Not for the last time, I got caught up, when I was in graduate school, in a raging controversy called the imagery debate. And this was a debate over the format of mental imagery. Now, everyone reports the experience of a mental picture, and that’s the way we describe it in English. But, of course, there isn’t a real picture in the brain. It isn’t as if there’s a little man sitting in a theater who’s looking at a screen. The behaviorists were right about this. How do
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"But what is a mental image? Not for the last time, I got caught up, when I was in graduate school, in a raging controversy called the imagery debate. And this was a debate over the format of mental imagery. Now, everyone reports the experience of a mental picture, and that’s the way we describe it in English. But, of course, there isn’t a real picture in the brain. It isn’t as if there’s a little man sitting in a theater who’s looking at a screen. The behaviorists were right about this. How do
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"One of the reasons that religious extremism appeals to people is that they feel that the world has become more decadent, is in a state of decline. I show in Enlightenment Now that that's a false picture of history, that there were crises in the past, there was war, there were invasions, there was suffering, and that, in fact, the world has been improving. Far from being decadent or in decline, more people live in peace today, more people live in prosperity, people live longer, they're getting a
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"One of the reasons that religious extremism appeals to people is that they feel that the world has become more decadent, is in a state of decline. I show in Enlightenment Now that that's a false picture of history, that there were crises in the past, there was war, there were invasions, there was suffering, and that, in fact, the world has been improving. Far from being decadent or in decline, more people live in peace today, more people live in prosperity, people live longer, they're getting a
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Harvard professor Steven Pinker unpacks stakes of Trump legal battle
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Harvard professor Steven Pinker unpacks stakes of Trump legal battle
11 months ago
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Steven Pinker Beats Cancel Culture Attack
Steven Pinker Beats Cancel Culture Attack
Jul 10, 2020
reason.com
Prof. Steven Pinker: journalism shouldn’t be biased ‘towards the negative’
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Prof. Steven Pinker: journalism shouldn’t be biased ‘towards the negative’
Dec 13, 2023
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Me: What the Trump administration is doing by this trolling—by this contempt for standards of evidence, truth, sound argument—is what many dictators have done. Namely, not so much lie, because people can see through lies. But just as Steve Bannon put it, flood the zone with—we're on the radio—so, flood the zone with feces; he didn’t use the word feces. That is, spread so much nonsense, some things that are true, some things that are false, that people just feel there’s no way to tell the differe
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Me: What the Trump administration is doing by this trolling—by this contempt for standards of evidence, truth, sound argument—is what many dictators have done. Namely, not so much lie, because people can see through lies. But just as Steve Bannon put it, flood the zone with—we're on the radio—so, flood the zone with feces; he didn’t use the word feces. That is, spread so much nonsense, some things that are true, some things that are false, that people just feel there’s no way to tell the differe
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Rationality during an epidemic of unreason - Steven Pinker
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Rationality during an epidemic of unreason - Steven Pinker
104.1K viewsNov 5, 2021
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The French Revolution was a disaster: killed 2 million people, led to the rise of Napoleon--perhaps the world's first totalitarian fascist dictator, who began wars of conquest that killed an additional 4 million people, led to the restoration of slavery, to the restoration of the monarchy, and a delay of democracy in France by perhaps a century. Russian Revolution killed several million, led to the Russian Civil War--which killed another 9 million--led to the rise of Stalin, who killed 20 millio
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The French Revolution was a disaster: killed 2 million people, led to the rise of Napoleon--perhaps the world's first totalitarian fascist dictator, who began wars of conquest that killed an additional 4 million people, led to the restoration of slavery, to the restoration of the monarchy, and a delay of democracy in France by perhaps a century. Russian Revolution killed several million, led to the Russian Civil War--which killed another 9 million--led to the rise of Stalin, who killed 20 millio
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Steven Pinker: “I Manage My Controversy Portfolio Carefully” | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 1
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Steven Pinker: “I Manage My Controversy Portfolio Carefully” | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 1
71.6K viewsApr 21, 2023
YouTubeFreakonomics Radio Network
Steven Pinker Meets Richard Dawkins | On Reason and Rationality
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Steven Pinker Meets Richard Dawkins | On Reason and Rationality
330.5K viewsOct 31, 2022
YouTubeHow To Academy
Munk Debate on Progress ft. Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, Malcolm Gladwell, Alain de Botton
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Munk Debate on Progress ft. Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, Malcolm Gladwell, Alain de Botton
132.5K viewsSep 20, 2019
YouTubeTruthspeak
Steven Pinker: Danger of moral panic over “fake news”
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Steven Pinker: Danger of moral panic over “fake news”
27.6K viewsNov 12, 2021
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Steven Pinker explains how changing the rules of the game can help us all win and prevent climate change. Watch the full interview now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8DHHt2sOmzw You can listen to the podcast on all good podcast apps and on apple podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ways-to-change-the-world-with-krishnan-guru-murthy/id1359195562 | Channel 4 News
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Steven Pinker explains how changing the rules of the game can help us all win and prevent climate change. Watch the full interview now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8DHHt2sOmzw You can listen to the podcast on all good podcast apps and on apple podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ways-to-change-the-world-with-krishnan-guru-murthy/id1359195562 | Channel 4 News
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Free Speech Crusader Steven Pinker Blocking Anyone Mentioning His Epstein Ties
Free Speech Crusader Steven Pinker Blocking Anyone Mentioning His Epstein Ties
Aug 28, 2020
vice.com
Steven Pinker | Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters | Talks at Google
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Steven Pinker | Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters | Talks at Google
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60 Minutes: Harvard and the federal government have been in settlement talks for months, and in a statement, the Department of Education told us the Trump administration is actively working toward a deal with Harvard that holds them accountable for egregious civil rights violations and discrimination on campus, while restoring generous taxpayer dollar support to the institution. Harvard, in turn, says it's working to improve existing programs promoting ideological diversity. Me: Harvard has not
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60 Minutes: Harvard and the federal government have been in settlement talks for months, and in a statement, the Department of Education told us the Trump administration is actively working toward a deal with Harvard that holds them accountable for egregious civil rights violations and discrimination on campus, while restoring generous taxpayer dollar support to the institution. Harvard, in turn, says it's working to improve existing programs promoting ideological diversity. Me: Harvard has not
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"The investments we have made in a whole generation of young scientists will go to waste," says Harvard professor Steven Pinker, co-chair of the university’s Council on Academic Freedom, on the Trump administration's $2.2 billion funding freeze on Harvard and the impacts it has on research. "There is a big, a large cohort of young scientists, who feel that their entire careers are being threatened. Not only will they be laid off and unemployed, but they just don't see a future in science," Pinke
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"The investments we have made in a whole generation of young scientists will go to waste," says Harvard professor Steven Pinker, co-chair of the university’s Council on Academic Freedom, on the Trump administration's $2.2 billion funding freeze on Harvard and the impacts it has on research. "There is a big, a large cohort of young scientists, who feel that their entire careers are being threatened. Not only will they be laid off and unemployed, but they just don't see a future in science," Pinke
12.4K views11 months ago
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Joe Rogan & Steven Pinker - The Intelligence of the Alt-Right
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Joe Rogan & Steven Pinker - The Intelligence of the Alt-Right
122.2K viewsFeb 5, 2018
YouTubeJRE Clips
Steven Pinker/Peterson: What Social Justice got Totally Wrong
Steven Pinker/Peterson: What Social Justice got Totally Wrong
59.6K viewsJul 11, 2021
YouTubePhilosophyInsights
A few minutes ago.... | Steven Pinker
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A few minutes ago.... | Steven Pinker
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Steven Pinker on Trump, violence and religion | UpFront
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Steven Pinker on Trump, violence and religion | UpFront
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YouTubeAl Jazeera English
On Putin's invasion of Ukraine: “This really was a stunning breach of the norm since 1945: that borders are grandfathered in; nation-states are immortal. The borders may be irrational; they may be all kinds of grounds for irredentist claims—‘Well, that patch of land on your side of the border really historically and morally ought to be on our side’—which could lead to endless wars. But good fences make good neighbors. There they are, and if you just say, ‘The borders are the borders,’ then you a
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On Putin's invasion of Ukraine: “This really was a stunning breach of the norm since 1945: that borders are grandfathered in; nation-states are immortal. The borders may be irrational; they may be all kinds of grounds for irredentist claims—‘Well, that patch of land on your side of the border really historically and morally ought to be on our side’—which could lead to endless wars. But good fences make good neighbors. There they are, and if you just say, ‘The borders are the borders,’ then you a
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Yuval Noah Harari & Steven Pinker in conversation
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Yuval Noah Harari & Steven Pinker in conversation
328.3K viewsOct 7, 2019
YouTubeYuval Noah Harari
Steven Pinker: 'Who, Me Controversial?'
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Steven Pinker: 'Who, Me Controversial?'
50.5K viewsNov 26, 2019
YouTubeFIRE
Canadian professor signs open letter criticizing cancel culture
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Canadian professor signs open letter criticizing cancel culture
154.3K viewsJul 9, 2020
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“I have nothing against diversity, equity, and inclusion. But as Voltaire said about the Holy Roman Empire: it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.” | Steven Pinker
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“I have nothing against diversity, equity, and inclusion. But as Voltaire said about the Holy Roman Empire: it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.” | Steven Pinker
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What went wrong at Harvard | Steven Pinker | The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
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What went wrong at Harvard | Steven Pinker | The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
209.5K viewsMar 27, 2024
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The surprising decline in violence
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The surprising decline in violence
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