Steven Pinker
96 Podcast Episodes
Steven Pinker: Human Cognition vs. AI
Steven Pinker: Human Cognition vs. AI
Steven Pinker is a linguist, cognitive scientist, and a professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard. He’s the a... Read more
8 Aug 2023
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50mins
Steven Pinker and David Runciman on Optimism, Enlightenment and Progress PART 2
Steven Pinker and David Runciman on Optimism, Enlightenment and Progress PART 2
For the second part of our conversation between cognitive psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker and academic... Read more
20 Jul 2023
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28mins
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Steven Pinker and David Runciman on Optimism, Enlightenment and Progress PART 1
Steven Pinker and David Runciman on Optimism, Enlightenment and Progress PART 1
For this edition, Intelligence Squared revisits a compelling discussion from 2019 with one of the world's foremost cogni... Read more
19 Jul 2023
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25mins
Steven Pinker (2019)
Steven Pinker (2019)
Writers on a New England Stage with Steven Pinker, recorded live at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH in 2019. This archi... Read more
8 Jun 2023
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50mins
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Conversations: with Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University
Conversations: with Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University
In this conversation, John is joined by Professor Steven Pinker, world renowned cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist a... Read more
28 Apr 2023
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1hr 1min
Steven Pinker: The Blank Slate 20+ years later
Steven Pinker: The Blank Slate 20+ years later
Twenty-one years ago, Steven Pinker’s The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature was published. A finalist for t... Read more
2 Apr 2023
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1hr 7mins
Enlightenment Now, by Steven Pinker
Enlightenment Now, by Steven Pinker
Our YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1QXNiZn4c0btMe0K0piUeQThink the world is getting better? ... Read more
6 Mar 2023
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29mins
#140: Rationality And Its Opposite — Steven Pinker
#140: Rationality And Its Opposite — Steven Pinker
How rational are we? How can a species smart enough to set foot on the moon also be prone to conspiracy theories that th... Read more
14 Dec 2022
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52mins
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
Claudia Hammond meets cognitive scientist and author Steven Pinker. He describes the times we are living in as a pandemi... Read more
8 Nov 2022
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28mins
Irrational thinking and beliefs, with Steven Pinker
Irrational thinking and beliefs, with Steven Pinker
Are we innately rational or irrational beings? What’s the common psychology that leads people to be sucked into conspira... Read more
23 Oct 2022
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33mins
