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Steven Pinker Says Violence Is On The Decline. Really.
A short and excellent talk, by Steven Pinker, on the global decline of violence.
Steven Pinker Embraces Scientism
At The New Republic, Steven Pinker comes out swinging against those who direct the pejorative term “scientism” at atheists and agnostics. Pinker thinks that, just as gays turned tables on the bigots and came to embrace the pejorative term “queer,” atheists … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, evangelicalism, faith, postmodernism, reason, science, scientism, steven pinker, the Enlightenment
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A Better Angel of Our Nature: Democracy and the Way of Bees
If alpha-male behavior (dominating, hierarchical, authoritarian) is, at some level, natural, it’s also possible that democracy too is natural. These contending impulses—the authoritarian personality and the democratic personality—may be competing evolutionary strategies that, in fact, take up habitation in different … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, chimps, Darwin, democracy, evolution, freedom, high RWAs, Nietzsche, rush limbaugh, steven pinker, the authoritarian personality
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Gray on Pink(er): Because of Our Evolution, the Irrational We’ll Always Have With Us
John Gray thinks Steven Pinker’s thesis in his new book—in which Pinker argues that the world is progressing toward an ever less violent future—is deluded. In the Jacob-wrestle between Enlightenment rationality and our evolution-formed imperatives, Gray is betting that our … Continue reading
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Tagged critical thinking, evolution, John Gray, optimism, pessimism, progress, reason, steven pinker, the Enlightenment
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In the Beginning Wasn’t the Word?
If you’re inclined to believe that your dog or cat has thoughts, but lacks a sophisticated vocal language for communicating them, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker agrees with you. He argues that language isn’t, strictly speaking, necessary for thought. Interesting. ___
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Tagged cats, dogs, language, life, philosophy, psychology, reason, steven pinker, thought
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The Truth of Progress: Steven Pinker Interviewed by Reason Magazine
Steven Pinker’s new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, on the decline of violence through history, is great—maybe his best book ever. Well, on second thought, let’s say it ties his The Blank Slate. That’s saying a lot. Here’s Pinker talking about The … Continue reading
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Tagged nonviolence, peace, progress, psychology, reason, science, steven pinker, the Enlightenment, violence
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Steven Pinker is skeptical of new media skepticism
At the New York Times this week, Steven Pinker has a not-to-be-missed op-ed on new media skepticism. A taste: Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational equivalent of “you are what … Continue reading
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Tagged criticism, doubt, media, reason, skepticism, steven pinker, technology
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Fyodor Dostoevsky foresaw how God would die
Not by closing the gaps in our knowledge of heaven and earth—in which God is increasingly found to have nothing to do—but via the progress of neuroscience, in which spirit is progressively vanquished from the skull. On page 41 of Steven Pinker’s … Continue reading
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Tagged atheim, atheist, existentialism, free will, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Genesis, ghosts, God, Sam Harris, steven pinker, the death of god, the soul
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The Caveman Didn’t Make Me Do It?
Evolutionary psychology, as a discipline, seems to be coming under fire. See Newsweek on it here.
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Tagged biology, Darwin, evolution, evolutionary psychology, stephen gould, steven pinker
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Evolution v. Creation Watch: What are Goose Bumps for?
It turns out that goose bumps are an evolutionary holdover from when we had fur. Here’s Harvard’s Steven Pinker: Our own bodies are riddled with quirks that no competent engineer would have planned but that disclose a history of trial-and-error … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, Charles Darwin, creation, evolution, Genesis, goosebumps, life, reason, science, steven pinker, Thomas Jefferson, young earth creationism
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Prometheus Unbound 