Steven Pinker

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Steven Pinker: Human Cognition vs. AI

Steven Pinker: Human Cognition vs. AI

Steven Pinker is a linguist, cognitive scientist, and a professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard. He’s the a... Read more

8 Aug 2023

50mins

Steven Pinker and David Runciman on Optimism, Enlightenment and Progress PART 2

Steven Pinker and David Runciman on Optimism, Enlightenment and Progress PART 2

For the second part of our conversation between cognitive psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker and academic... Read more

20 Jul 2023

28mins

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Steven Pinker and David Runciman on Optimism, Enlightenment and Progress PART 1

Steven Pinker and David Runciman on Optimism, Enlightenment and Progress PART 1

For this edition, Intelligence Squared revisits a compelling discussion from 2019 with one of the world's foremost cogni... Read more

19 Jul 2023

25mins

Steven Pinker (2019)

Steven Pinker (2019)

Writers on a New England Stage with Steven Pinker, recorded live at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH in 2019. This archi... Read more

8 Jun 2023

50mins

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Conversations: with Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University

Conversations: with Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University

In this conversation, John is joined by Professor Steven Pinker, world renowned cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist a... Read more

28 Apr 2023

1hr 1min

Steven Pinker: The Blank Slate 20+ years later

Steven Pinker: The Blank Slate 20+ years later

Twenty-one years ago, Steven Pinker’s The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature was published. A finalist for t... Read more

2 Apr 2023

1hr 7mins

Enlightenment Now, by Steven Pinker

Enlightenment Now, by Steven Pinker

Our YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1QXNiZn4c0btMe0K0piUeQThink the world is getting better? ... Read more

6 Mar 2023

29mins

#140: Rationality And Its Opposite — Steven Pinker

#140: Rationality And Its Opposite — Steven Pinker

How rational are we? How can a species smart enough to set foot on the moon also be prone to conspiracy theories that th... Read more

14 Dec 2022

52mins

Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker

Claudia Hammond meets cognitive scientist and author Steven Pinker. He describes the times we are living in as a pandemi... Read more

8 Nov 2022

28mins

Irrational thinking and beliefs, with Steven Pinker

Irrational thinking and beliefs, with Steven Pinker

Are we innately rational or irrational beings? What’s the common psychology that leads people to be sucked into conspira... Read more

23 Oct 2022

33mins

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