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...make your way into Steve Pinker??s loft, the first thing that strikes you is the fact that he’s wearing black Calvin Klein jeans. The second thing is the giant open space. The living room, dining room, kitchen, and his study are all out in one area. A generous amount of windows spaced throughout the brick walls provides ample lighting, giving an air of softness yet practicality. The walls, placed in a zigzag modernist form, are lined with dozens of photographs, all taken by Pinker himself. He happily points out his little masterpieces...
...White House D.J. 5. Michael Sandel—Mediator in all family disputes/couples counselor. Because, really, what is fairness anyway? 6. Jeremy S. Lin ’10—Obama’s personal basketball trainer. Dunking on Michelle gets old after a while. 7. Steven Pinker??Hairdresser. 8. Derek M. Flanzraich ’10 —Court jester. Hosts the official Obama Family YouTube videos. 9. N. Gregory Mankiw—Obama’s charisma/public appearances coach. 10. Matthew M. Di Pasquale ’09—Photographer. Hoped to publish...
Psychology professor Steven Pinker addressed the role of language in studying human nature in front of a crowded room at Sherman Fairchild Hall yesterday evening. Pinker??s lecture, the fifth in an informal seminar series hosted by the Harvard Society for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (HSMBB), centered on issues discussed in his new book “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window.” Human nature, Pinker said, can be studied by looking at how language works in our everyday lives. “Humans are very, very touchy with their social relationships. When...
...exist without faith, was cosponsored by Hillel and the Harvard Book Store to promote Wolpe’s new book, “Why Faith Matters.” Wolpe—named the number one pulpit rabbi in America by Newsweek earlier this year—and Pinker??an avowed atheist and best-selling author of books on the human mind and language—passed a microphone back and forth, engaging in an enthusiastic conversation without a moderator. “If you’re going to hang yourself, you should do it from...
...fact, as science becomes more complex—and, by its nature, more specialized—an increasing number of Pinker??s readers are also his colleagues. Pinker said that his four “popular science” books are cited actually more often in the scholarly literature than are his research papers...