“Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage?Quote by Steven PinkerTopics: Quotes about Steven PinkerShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics.#Intellectuals
Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details...#Steven Pinker
There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that...#Steven Pinker
But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized,...#Steven Pinker
By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we...#Steven Pinker
As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical...#Steven Pinker
Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that...#Steven Pinker
Why do people believe that there are dangerous implications of the idea that the mind...#Steven Pinker
