By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu. Steven Pinker coloringdiscoveryexplore Change image and share on social
Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know the things we need to know, and also things we wish we didn't. Steven Pinker thingword Change image and share on social
I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor. Steven Pinker artartistconfusion Change image and share on social
Evolution is an indispensable component of any satisfying explanation of our psychology. Steven Pinker componentevolutionexplanation Change image and share on social
The more you think about and interact with other people, the more you realize that it is untenable to privilege your interests over theirs. Steven Pinker interactinterestpeople Change image and share on social
Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage? Steven Pinker baggageemotionalempirical Change image and share on social
There is a correlation between economic inequality and personal violence. The explanation for the correlation isn't completely clear; there are a number of possibilities. Steven Pinker clearcompletelycorrelation Change image and share on social
As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender. Steven Pinker empowergenderman Change image and share on social
Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by great writers for centuries, and that have been disavowed by every thoughtful usage manual. Steven Pinker basiscenturydefy share on social
A hostility to modernity is shared by ideologies that have nothing else in common - a nostalgia for moral clarity, small-town intimacy, family values, primitive communism, ecological sustainability, communitarian solidarity, or harmonies with the rhythms of nature. Steven Pinker claritycommoncommunism share on social
