Talk may be cheap, and actions may speak louder than words. Nevertheless, rhetoric matters. It arouses passions, noble and base. It frames issues, clarifies stakes, defines missions, and directs ...
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Let us begin with a few simple propositions: (1) I know that the Harvard cognitive scientist and noted anti-wokeness crusader Steven Pinker has written a wan and blinkered book about the nature of ...
Readers react to Steven Pinker’s essay on the Trump administration’s conflict with the university and its repercussions. To the Editor: Re “Is America Really Better Off if Harvard Gets Crushed?,” by ...
Steven Pinker has read the reports on civilian deaths in the Afghan war, mass rapes in the Congo, “going postal” shootings in the United States, and our youths’ seeming addiction to Call of Duty video ...
Just over a year ago, the Harvard professor and cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker, doubling down on his <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/302858 ...