“The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during the Enlightenment and during the framing of the American Constitution.Quote by Steven PinkerTopics: Quotes about Steven PinkerShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that...#Steven Pinker
Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that...#Steven Pinker
Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics.#Intellectuals
People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political...#Steven Pinker
Why do people believe that there are dangerous implications of the idea that the mind...#Steven Pinker
But in most cases even the possibility that the correlations reflect shared genes is taboo.#Steven Pinker
I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts...#Steven Pinker
