Steven Pinker

Do We Need Faith To Believe In Progress?

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 04.25.2012

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Andrew Z. Cohen

When it comes to telling us how to relate to some of our biggest global challenges, I wonder if the most spiritually enlightened among us might be missing the boat right now.

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Pinker: Pollyanna of Peace?

John Feffer | Posted 03.25.2012

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John Feffer

In his new book, the Harvard psychologist urges us to ignore what we read, what we see, and what our common sense is telling us. The world is not getting more violent. In fact, the world has become demonstrably less violent.

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Pinker's Dirty War on Prehistoric Peace

Christopher Ryan | Posted 03.10.2012

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Christopher Ryan

Human beings tend to assume that whatever group they happen to comprise is self-evidently the best, God's chosen ones -- and everyone else's equally passionately held belief that they are the chosen few is simply delusional.

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'The Most Significant And Least Appreciated Development In The History Of Our Species'

AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 12.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- It seems as if violence is everywhere, but it's really on the run. Yes, thousands of people have died in bloody unrest from Africa to P...

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Meet 7 Celebrity Professors Teaching At Britain's Controversial New University

Posted 08.06.2011

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The controversial and incredibly expensive (at least for British standards) New College of the Humanities has lined up an imposing array of academics ...

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Myth-Busting Book About Sex, Marriage, Family, and Celebrity Scholars

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bella DePaulo

Sex at Dawn fearlessly takes on some of the most fundamental assumptions of evolutionary psychology and some of the most basic beliefs of our time.

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The Internet Won't Damage Your Brain: But It Might Ruin Your Life

Dave Pell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Pell

We're really talking about two Internets here. Pinker's internet -- a mass media repository of knowledge and creativity that should be embraced. And the other internet that can ruin your dinner (and your life).

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Omega Institute Comes to NYC for a Weekend of Renewal

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Marcia G. Yerman

Elizabeth Lesser presented one of her resonant themes - the "Phoenix" metaphor and the concept of letting go of past issues that deter us from rising and regenerating. Introducing herself to the jam-packed room with the remark, "I'm a mystical, introverted kind of girl," she launched into the renewal philosophy.

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Malcolm Gladwell and the Case For Endless Self-Googling

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Quigg

I piled cringe upon cringe Friday -- first because I read Steven Pinker's vivisection of Malcolm Gladwell's new collection, second because of what I found when I Googled a flub Pinker wielded against Gladwell.

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Malcolm Gladwell's "What The Dog Saw"

The New York Times | STEVEN PINKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fortunately for "What the Dog Saw," the essay format is a better showcase for Gladwell's talents, because the constraints of length and editors yield ...

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