Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker, PhD

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63 Interviews
As an evolutionary psychologist, Steven Pinker advances the idea that humans are getting along better over time – despite what we see on the nightly news. As a linguist, he knows how the mind learns and a psychologist, he knows how the mind feels. On the About page on his personal website, Pinker has posted an X-ray of his brain and a spreadsheet of his genome.

Steven Pinker's Interviews

Michael Shermer & Matt Ridley + Steven Pinker 13 Sep 2024 • EN

Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, and Michael Shermer Challenge Conventional Narratives

From the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to the rise of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives and Artificial Intelligence, in this episode Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, and Michael Shermer challenge conventional narratives and explore how we can continue to move forward. They discuss the state of democracy,

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Is society getting better or worse? We spoke with Psychologist Steven Pinker in 2019 about how far we are progressing as a society and what the future looks like.

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Francis Foster + Konstantin Kisin & Steven Pinker 24 Jul 2024 • EN

Is This the Death of Harvard? - Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, popular science author and Harvard College Professor. One of the world's leading authorities on language and the mind, he is an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. Pinker has written many books for general

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Robert Wright & Steven Pinker 06 Jun 2024 • EN

The Alien Mind of AI (Robert Wright & Steven Pinker)

AI's human-like, but inhuman, language skills ... Bob argues that LLMs don’t vindicate the ‘blank slate’ view of the mind ... Do humans and AIs acquire language in totally different ways? ... Will AIs ever quit hallucinating? ... The importance (or not) of “embodied cognition” ... What is it like to be an AI? ... Why S

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Nick Gillespie & Steven Pinker 27 Mar 2024 • EN

Steven Pinker: What Went Wrong at Harvard

The psychologist and bestselling author argues that Harvard's free speech policy was so "selectively prosecuted that it became a national joke."

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On tonight's episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored, Piers is joined by Rupert Everett on Bradley Cooper backlash. Piers speaks to a British Army Colonel who was forced out of the military after saying 'men cannot be women'. Piers is also joined by rock star psychologist Steven Pinker. Watch Piers Morgan Uncensored at 8 pm

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