By all measures men are the more violent gender. Steven Pinker gendermanmeasure Change image and share on social
Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth. Steven Pinker asceticclotheearth Change image and share on social
Why do people believe that there are dangerous implications of the idea that the mind is a product of the brain, that the brain is organized in part by the genome, and that the genome was shaped by natural selection? Steven Pinker braindangerousgenome share on social
As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones. Steven Pinker claimclonecommitment Change image and share on social
Part of the bargain of being alive is that one takes a chance at dying a premature or painful death, be it from violence, accident, or disease. Steven Pinker accidentalivebargain Change image and share on social
I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift. Steven Pinker argueconsciousnessfragile Change image and share on social
Statisticians tell us that people underestimate the sheer number of coincidences that are bound to happen in a world governed by chance. Steven Pinker bindchancecoincidence Change image and share on social
Cognitive psychology tells us that the unaided human mind is vulnerable to many fallacies and illusions because of its reliance on its memory for vivid anecdotes rather than systematic statistics. Steven Pinker anecdotecognitivefallacy Change image and share on social
Everyone's pedigree merges into everyone else's pedigree. So if you go back far enough, everyone is related. Steven Pinker backmergepedigree Change image and share on social
People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections. Steven Pinker assumptionclaimclash Change image and share on social
