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...helped to stimulate a broad-based interest in the sciences at the College; Pinker’s addition will make sure this important practice continues. Though Pinker will continue with his research, a balance between ground-breaking scholarship and public prominence—Pinker’s The Blank Slate rocked best seller lists last year—represents exactly what the University needs to invigorate its science departments...
Pinker has written several successful popular science books, most recently The Blank Slate. In that book, he argued against the idea that humans are born as “blank slates...
Poaching from Yale, Slate magazine and the department just down the hall, the Department of English has hired three young assistant professors who will beef up their offerings in twentieth century literature...
Connor will be returning to Harvard after spending time working at Slate, the online magazine, as the “fray editor,” moderating the online discussion forum...
...Slate has an enormous online forum, lots of people who are really, really smart, really crazy,” Connor said. “It’s like running the world’s largest section about any topic at any time...