Comments on: Steven Pinker (BSS #147) http://www.edrants.com/segundo/bss-147-steven-pinker/ A cultural podcast in tenebrous standing Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Demian Farnworth http://www.edrants.com/segundo/bss-147-steven-pinker/comment-page-1/#comment-54059 Demian Farnworth Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:22:38 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/segundo/?p=184#comment-54059 Dynamite interview with Pinker. I read The Language Instinct years ago and became an instant fan. He's got pizzazz in teaching a dry subject, and that was a very lively, highly educated interview. I'm impressed he kept up with your questions. At times I thought, I think you lost him, Ed. But nope, he came back clearly understanding what you said...which made me feel pretty stupid because you lost me several times. Two great videos by Pinker if you haven't seen them: A brief history of violence http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/163 The stuff of thoughts http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/164 Dynamite interview with Pinker. I read The Language Instinct years ago and became an instant fan. He’s got pizzazz in teaching a dry subject, and that was a very lively, highly educated interview. I’m impressed he kept up with your questions. At times I thought, I think you lost him, Ed. But nope, he came back clearly understanding what you said…which made me feel pretty stupid because you lost me several times.

Two great videos by Pinker if you haven’t seen them:

A brief history of violence
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/163

The stuff of thoughts
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/164

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