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Randall, Hauser, and Pinker are among a group of prominent scientists who are venturing out of the Ivory Tower—or the sterile lab—to share their findings with the world at large...
...Harvard scientists writing popular books did not begin with Randall: the famous paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould won widespread acclaim for his essays on popular science and his bestselling books on evolutionary biology, a tradition that has been continued by scientists like psychology professors Marc D. Hauser and Steven A. Pinker, who have written a combined 7 books on cognitive psychology...
...Stuff of Thought,” Steven Pinker talks about the fable of The Emperor’s New Clothes: “Every onlooker knew that the king was naked, but they had no way of being sure that the others knew, and so were intimidated into silence. All it took was for one boy to say ‘The emperor has no clothes!’ and the crowd burst into laughter. Crucially, the boy was not telling a single person anything he didn’t already know. But his words still conveyed information. The information...
...Anyone who is either Jewish or Catholic has a feeling that guilt is essential to life,” said Pinker, joking that the guiltiest countries in the world should be Ireland, Italy, and Israel...
...While Pinker addressed the psychology behind guilt, Thurman—the first American ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist Monk—discussed the concept of immortal guilt in the Buddhist belief of reincarnation...