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With rapid-fire Powerpoint slides and gentle jabs at the language errors of everyone from toddlers to Bill Clinton, Pinker??s two-hour lecture on his research into the composition of language goes down much easier than one would expect...
During the uproar over University President Lawrence H. Summer’s remarks on women in science last January, Pinker??s voice mail was flooded with requests for interviews. He says he was selective in granting them, and even turned down an opportunity to appear on “The Charlie Rose Show” because the taping conflicted with the time of his class...
...haven’t made a lot of progress towards anything concrete,” Johnstone Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker??a member of the committee—told The Crimson in October. “We’re still discussing first principles; ‘What should an undergraduate know...
Committee members say there was extensive discussion and debate on the various proposals at weekly meetings, but little agreement. Some members criticized Pinker??s proposal for being too restrictive, while others thought that Shelemay and Sorensen’s proposal left too much flexibility in Harvard College Courses...
...Please wake up. Please pay attention. I’m begging you.” She had an intense gaze and an earnest face, and she had placed herself directly between me and Pinker??s next lecture...