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If there were a modern day Voltaire, or a 21st century Bertrand Russell, Steven Pinker would be it. So it is a tremendous honour for me to bring you an excerpt of Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters, by the man himself, in this week&

Claire Lehmann

2 Oct 2021 · 6 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

Lessons of the Pinker Affair: The Problem with the Academy is False Beliefs, Not Intolerance

The correct response to the cancellers is not simply to say that they should respect free speech. Rather, one must say to them that you are attacking people for stating things which are true, while you are stating things which are false.

Richard Hanania

16 Sep 2020 · 7 min read

Quillette Podcast 47 – Highlights from the 2019 Heterodox Academy Conference

Jonathan Kay presents highlights from this year’s Heterodox Academy conference, featuring Steven Pinker, Karith Foster, Jennifer Collins Bloomquist, Dan Mogulof, Lara Schwartz, Brandon Calhoun and Coleman Hughes.

Quillette

31 Jul 2019 · 1 min read

Quillette Podcast 11 - Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker explains why the critics of Enlightenment Now are wrong

Canadian editor Jonathan Kay talks to Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker about his book Enlightenment Now and why the critics who took him to task for celebrating the Enlightenment are wrong. Professor Pinker has also written a piece for Quillette on the same subject.

Quillette

14 Jan 2019 · 1 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