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...can’t for the life of me figure out why anything in my past could cause me to be invited to an event like this,” Summers joked after being introduced by the course’s two professors, Johnstone Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker and Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz...
...can’t for the life of me figure out why anything in my past could cause me to be invited to an event like this,” Summers quipped as he was introduced by the course’s two professors, Johnstone Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker and Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz...
...this is possible evidence that elephants have some degree of self-awareness, and experience a wide range of feelings and emotions. She did not say, however, if Happy was simply self-aware or straight up vain. Audience member and Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology Steven A. Pinker, however, maintains that different standards apply. “We don’t worry about foxes hurting bunnies the way we worry about what’s happening in Darfur and Iraq.” Panelist Cass R. Sunstein ’75, professor of jurisprudence at the University...
...Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker, repeating remarks from last week, said that science received poorer treatment in the legislation than other disciplines...
...make one up.” Rushdie followed his speech with a reading from his latest novel “Shalimar the Clown.” Other conference speakers included Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor and Nobel Laureate of Economics; E.O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus; and Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology. “In my case, I study the human mind. The brain is shaped by natural selection. I still feel there is a place for meaning and some purpose.” Pinker said. “I can?...