Steven Pinker

@sapinker

Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

Boston, MA

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Steven Pinker
@sapinker
Aug 28
In just a few days, I’ll be in New York to begin a tour of conversations about reason, human nature, progress, and the forces shaping our future. From New York to Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Montreal, and Toronto, I’m looking forward to lively conversations, thoughtful
Steven Pinker
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Why you won’t get a flying car, by @Noahpinion. Main answer; you don't want one (it makes sense only for intermediate-length trips that people seldom take. Also: do you want a lot of teenagers piloting little planes?)
Why you won’t get a flying car
From noahpinion.blog
Steven Pinker
@sapinker
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Credit for the impossibly ingenious puzzles in recursive mentalizing (thinking about what others know about what others know) that I posted yesterday goes to MIT's ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ team (pronounced "whoosh Galactic Trendsetters neeoww") - Puzzle Wiki
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✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈
✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ (pronounced "whoosh Galactic Trendsetters neeoww") is a MIT-affliated team that participates in the MIT Mystery Hunt, as well as other...
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Steven Pinker
@sapinker
16h
Scientists Find More Than 1,000 Genetic Variants Linked to Personality, yet again vindicating the 1st Law of Behavioral Genetics (all traits are partly heritable) & 4th Law (genetic influence is dispersed among many common genes with small effects or else rare or unique genes
Scientists Find More Than 1,000 DNA Variants Linked to Personality Traits
From nytimes.com
Steven Pinker
@sapinker
17h
Powerful essay by Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: "A Palestinian miracle on the Mediterranean is within reach if Gaza rejects Islamism, Jihadism, Hamas and stale nationalist notions, all of which have left it devastated. Will those in the West who express support for Palestinians finally
Opinion | For Gaza to Recover, Hamas Must Be Expelled (Gift Article)
From nytimes.com