Blogs about: Stephen Pinker

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Being Childfree2 comments

Vishal wrote 3 weeks ago: Stephen Pinker, the author of The Blank Slate (to which this blog owes its name), on his personal ch … more →

Tags: Misc, Personal

If Jonathan Krohn is not a hoax, then he has Chatterbox Syndrome9 comments

notedscholar wrote 4 months ago: Many of you have by now read the New York Times article about Jonathan Krohn. For his sting operati … more →

Tags: Politics/other, Noam Chomsky, jonathan krohn, define conservatism, Kate, chatterbox syndrome, williams-syndrome, cocktail party syndrome, Rush Limbaugh

Status Update: Who Watches the Watchmen? I Do.4 comments

J.S. Peyton wrote 4 months ago: On seeing Watchmen, a feminist writer, an anti-feminist cop, and a couple of books in between: Bibli … more →

Tags: Books, 2666, Anthony Bourdain, Jane Austen, John Harwood, katha pollit, Learning to Drive, Pride and Prejudice, roberto bolaño

i saw what i wanted to you did what you needed to1 comment

protovietic wrote 4 months ago: Reading: Steven Pinker The Stuff of Thought 2007 p. 129 When an intermediate product is stored in a … more →

Tags: Reading, writing, Joseph Cornell, bebe marie, phonological loop, The Stuff of Thought, O-Š, We Do What We Want To, Notebooks

The "plasticity" of the human brain

jfistere wrote 4 months ago: For Christmas last year, Teresa tried to buy me the latest book by Stephen Pinker, evolutionary psyc … more →

Tags: Science, brain, Learning, PLASTICITY, Television, fMRI, Localization, Norman Doidge, Mental

Consilience: Arts, Humanities, Sciences 1 comment

stephencrose wrote 4 months ago: The longer title would be: consilience between the arts, humanities, and sciences It comes from this … more →

Tags: pattern language, Theology, denis dutton, Arts, Humanities, Sciences, Consilience

To infinity... and beyond!

robertdennis wrote 5 months ago: Language ‘makes infinite use of finite media’. Wilhelm von Humboldt, quoted by Stephen P … more →

Tags: language, Linguistics

Society, Violence, and Games

nickhalme wrote 6 months ago: Violence is always a touchy subject, and it’s one that everyone has a sturdy private opinion o … more →

Tags: Game Theory, Industry Comment, Game design, Game Industry, Violence, Video Games, Human Nature, Black Hawk Down, Call of Duty 4

The Politics of Jesus, Message Four: Greg Thornbury's "Marriage: If Not Sacred - What?"1 comment

owenstrachan wrote 9 months ago: Just moments ago on Friday afternoon, October 10th, Dr. Greg Thornbury of Union University in Jacks … more →

Tags: Jesus Christ, Marriage, greg thornbury, politics of jesus conference, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Nazis, Adolf Hitler, narrative theology, Gay Marriage

Bush's Bioethicist3 comments

hysperia wrote 1 year ago: Stephen Pinker on “The Stupidity of Dignity”: This spring, the President’s Council … more →

Tags: US Politics, Law, essays, Freedom, "The Stupidity of Dignity", Beorge W. Bush, Leon R.Kass, "Human Dignity and Bioethics", President's Council on Bioethics

Stephen Pinker: The Stuff of Thought

grant czerepak wrote 1 year ago: I find this video from TED.com of Stephen Pinker to be an interesting discussion as I battle to fin … more →

Tags: structured thinking language, structured thinking system

'Singular they': Fergie said it, I believe it, that settles it.*2 comments

Edgar wrote 1 year ago: Now some of you may know Fergie as the occasional frontlady of the Black Eyed Peas and the one likel … more →

Tags: language, Usage, Fergie


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