Steven Pinker on Rationality, Psychology, Language, & More

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

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The Origins Podcast - Steven Pinker

02:08 • 2min

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Did Chomsky Overthrow Behaviorism?

04:08 • 3min

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My Dad Was a Lawyer and My Mother Was a Salesman

06:42 • 2min

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Isn't Psychology Just Cats and Rats?

08:20 • 2min

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You Have a College Degree, What Was Her Background In?

10:24 • 4min

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How to Write a Book in Psychology

14:35 • 4min

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The Transition From Visual Cognition to Language Acquisition

18:07 • 5min

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The Intense Capacity of Language

22:50 • 4min

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Can You Think Without Language?

26:46 • 2min

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What Is Desi the Curiosity?

28:22 • 4min

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Is Reason a Slave to the Passions?

31:56 • 4min

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The Law of the Law of Contraposition

36:24 • 2min

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Audible Is a Leading Provider of Spoken Word Entertainment All in One Place

37:56 • 3min

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You Know You're the Eternal Optimist

41:25 • 2min

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The Carbon Commons Is an Analogy to the Tragedy of the of the Rational Commons

43:17 • 4min

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You Know in Games You Need Rules

47:02 • 2min

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The Concept of Local Rationality vs Global Rationality

48:39 • 3min

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I'll Avoid Human but I Want to Get Back to This

51:55 • 3min

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Is Entropy a Loss or a Gain?

54:35 • 3min

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I'm Going to Lose You in Two or Three Minutes

57:41 • 2min

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Why We're Not Ininnately Irrational

59:44 • 4min