The world seems awash with irrationality, evident in anti-vaxxers, climate change deniers, and political conspirators. What is to be done? Steven Pinker’s spirited, amusing, and lucid new book argues ...

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 ...

"What’s wrong with people?" – Steven Pinker (said while riffing on his bubbe). "It’s not your fault." – Dr. Sean Maguire (Robin Williams) to Will Hunting in the eponymous good movie. In chapter ten of ...

AMES, Iowa – Will artificial intelligence render the human mind irrelevant? Acclaimed scientist and author Steven Pinker will answer that question when he presents the 2024 Goldtrap Lecture at Iowa ...