Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is a cognitive scientist at Harvard University. His books include 'Enlightenment Now,' and 'Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters.'

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Science and Civil Liberties: The Lost ACLU Lecture of Carl Sagan

Around 1987, Sagan gave an uncannily prescient lecture to the Illinois state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Steven Pinker / Harvey Silverglate

1 Jul 2022 · 15 min read

Podcast #169: Harvard Professor Steven Pinker on Rational Thinking, the Monty Hall Problem, and the Case for Objective Truth

Enlightenment Now author Steven Pinker speaks with Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about his newly published book, Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

Quillette / Steven Pinker

18 Oct 2021 · 1 min read

Be Rational

When we apply reason to reason itself, we find that it is not just an inarticulate gut impulse, a mysterious oracle that whispers truths into our ear.

Steven Pinker

28 Sep 2021 · 12 min read

Enlightenment Wars: Some Reflections on 'Enlightenment Now,' One Year Later

As Thomas Paine wrote, “To argue with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.”

Steven Pinker

14 Jan 2019 · 52 min read