‘Tell people there’s an invisible man in the sky who created the universe,” the comedian George Carlin once observed, “and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have ...

Man is born smart, and everywhere he lacks brains. So, minus The Social Contract’s gendered language, might Steven Pinker have opened Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters.

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Anthony Gottlieb RATIONALITY What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters By Steven Pinker ...

In his bestselling books The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now, the Harvard linguist Steven Pinker made the surprisingly controversial case that humanity has been getting richer and ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. For someone who so frequently and serenely proclaims that he’s right, Steven Pinker can get ...

In the controversial yet bestselling books The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now, Harvard linguist Steven Pinker made the case that humanity has been getting richer and less violent ...

L ast month, Steven Pinker published Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters. The book represents yet another milestone in the author’s slide from world-renowned linguist and ...

Steven Pinker has done a lot of thinking about thinking, which is the subject of his latest book, Rationality. Pinker is the Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard. He is an elected member of ...

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 ...

Steven Pinker has done a lot of thinking about thinking, which is the subject of his latest book, Rationality. Pinker is the Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard. He is an elected member of ...