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Letter "S" » Steven Pinker Quotes
«I think that there is a quasi-religious theory of human nature that is prevalent among pundits and intellectuals, which includes both empirical assumptions about how the mind works and a set of values that people hang on those assumptions.»
Author: Steven Pinker
«So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents.»
Author: Steven Pinker
«As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones.»
Author: Steven Pinker
«The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero.»
Author: Steven Pinker
«Evolutionary psychology is one of four sciences that are bringing human nature back into the picture.»
Author: Steven Pinker
«Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics.»
Author: Steven Pinker
«But a conception of human nature, and its connections to other fields such as politics and the arts, have been there from time immemorial.»
Author: Steven Pinker
«Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature.»
Author: Steven Pinker
«If people are innately saddled with certain sins and flaws, like selfishness, prejudice, sort-sightedness, and self-deception, then political reform would seem to be a waste of time.»
Author: Steven Pinker
«Today there are movements in the arts to reintroduce beauty and narrative and melody and other basic human pleasures. And they are considered radical extremists!»
Author: Steven Pinker
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