Steven Pinker
@sapinker
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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.
Boston, MA
Joined January 2010
Why do people hoard toilet paper at the first sign of an emergency? Why are Super Bowl ads filled with ads for crypto? Why, in American presidential primary voting, do citizens typically select the candidate they believe is preferred by others rather than their favorite? Why
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Why do people hoard toilet paper at the first sign of an emergency? Why are Super Bowl ads filled with ads for crypto? Why, in American presidential primary voting, do citizens typically select the candidate they believe is preferred by others rather than their favorite? Why
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Letters: Charles Murray’s Unscientific Case for the Soul | https://t.co/3OArAP8N6Z via @WSJopinion
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Prof. Steven Pinker evaluates the phenomenon of terminal lucidity.
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My letter in WSJ: Charles Murray’s Unscientific Case for the Soul https://t.co/bhcOj4diz2 via @WSJopinion
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Prof. Steven Pinker evaluates the phenomenon of terminal lucidity.
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The Soul of the Gaps: @michaelshermer shows why reports of near-death experiences and pre-death awakenings do not overturn our understanding of the universe or prove the existence of a ghost in the machine.
skeptic.com
Why new claims about Near Death Experiences, terminal lucidity, and other anomalous experiences are not evidence of a brain-independent mind, a soul, or an afterlife. As the publisher of Skeptic...
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Letters: Charles Murray’s Unscientific Case for the Soul | https://t.co/3OArAP8N6Z via @WSJopinion
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Prof. Steven Pinker evaluates the phenomenon of terminal lucidity.
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After a 2-day conference at Stanford's Hoover Institution honoring my friend, the economist Thomas Sowell, I was fortunate to have lunch with Tom, going strong at 95! 🧵 https://t.co/eFteDgPmrO
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Me: What the Trump administration is doing by this trolling—by this contempt for standards of evidence, truth, sound argument—is what many dictators have done. Namely, not so much lie, because people can see through lies. But just as Steve Bannon put it, flood the zone
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The Orwell Lecture 2025: Steven Pinker | Thu 4 Dec 2025, 7.30pm Tickets here: https://t.co/paTaEOHj5l
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Charles Murray claims in a WSJ essay that reports of "terminal lucidity" (brain-dead patients briefly coming back to life for a final goodbye) proves the existence of a ghost in the machine. Oh, please. Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue (quoting a lengthy response from me) shows why
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"Why new claims about Near Death Experiences, terminal lucidity, and other anomalous experiences are not evidence of a brain-independent mind, a soul, or an afterlife."
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"Why new claims about Near Death Experiences, terminal lucidity, and other anomalous experiences are not evidence of a brain-independent mind, a soul, or an afterlife."
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The Soul of the Gaps: @michaelshermer shows why reports of near-death experiences and pre-death awakenings do not overturn our understanding of the universe or prove the existence of a ghost in the machine.
skeptic.com
Why new claims about Near Death Experiences, terminal lucidity, and other anomalous experiences are not evidence of a brain-independent mind, a soul, or an afterlife. As the publisher of Skeptic...
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Michael Shermer @michaelshermer debunks the claims that near-death experiences and terminal lucidity are evidence for a soul, aka a ghost in the machine.
skeptic.com
Why new claims about Near Death Experiences, terminal lucidity, and other anomalous experiences are not evidence of a brain-independent mind, a soul, or an afterlife. As the publisher of Skeptic...
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"Experimental cognitive psychologist and best-selling author Steven Pinker delivers this year’s Orwell Memorial Lecture, set up to shine a light on brave writing. Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. He conducts
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The Orwell Lecture 2025: Steven Pinker | Thu 4 Dec 2025, 7.30pm Tickets here: https://t.co/paTaEOHj5l
southbankcentre.co.uk
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Each year, The Orwell Lecture welcomes a leading thinker to discuss “any topic Orwell might have been interested in.” We’re thrilled to announce @sapinker as this year’s speaker at @southbankcentre on 4 Dec 2025. Tickets via @southbankcentre | Friends of the Foundation go free
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Me: What the Trump administration is doing by this trolling—by this contempt for standards of evidence, truth, sound argument—is what many dictators have done. Namely, not so much lie, because people can see through lies. But just as Steve Bannon put it, flood the zone
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