Authors@Google: Steven Pinker
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Renowned linguist Steven Pinker speaks at Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters about his book "The Stuff of Thought." This event took place on September 24, 2007, as part of the Authors@Google series. For more information about Steven Pinker, please visit pinker.wjh.harvard.edu
Steven Pinker: The stuff of thought
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www.ted.com In an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds -- and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the...
Authors@Google: Steven Pinker
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The author of The New York Times bestseller The Stuff of Thought offers a controversial history of violence. Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen. Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven...
Steven Pinker - The Genius of Charles Darwin: The Uncut Interviews
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- Author: richarddawkinsdotnet
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Richard Dawkins interviews Steven Pinker for "The Genius of Charles Darwin", the Channel 4 UK TV program which won British Broadcasting Awards' "Best Documentary Series" of 2008. Buy the full 3-DVD set of uncut interviews, over 18 hours, in the RichardDawkins.net store: richarddawkins.net This...
Steven Pinker on Thinking About Our Society
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Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of Our Nature, delivers a lecture entitled Thinking About Our Society: Why Violence Has Declined.
Steven Pinker: A brief history of violence
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www.ted.com Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks...
Steven Pinker
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- Author: TheHour
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Are we right to believe that we as a country need to get tougher on crime? That depends, Steven says, on the actual reality of crime rates at the moment. As he explains, things are not necessarily as bad as they seem.
Steven Pinker on The Decline of Violence & "The Better Angels of Our Nature"
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You are less likely to die a violent death today than at any other time in human history. In fact, violence has been on a steady decline for centuries now. That's the arresting claim made by Harvard University cognitive neuroscientist Steven Pinker in his new book, The Better Angels of Our...
Steven Pinker believes language reveals human nature.
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- Author: AllanGregg
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In his latest book, cognitive scientist Steven Pinker explores how language can help us understand human nature. He talks about several aspects of language, including swearing and its origins and how cathartic swearing is rooted in evolution. This leads to taboo words, why some words are...
Steven Pinker on Human Nature
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The experimental psychologist discusses the quest for understanding what makes us tick.
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