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October 31, 2022 55 mins

In this episode, I have a conversation with Dr. Steven Pinker, Professor of Cognitive Science at Harvard University.

We talk about what Sowell gets right and what he gets wrong. We talk about why Sowell is not better known in academia and what this tells us about Sowell, and also about academia.

Here are some useful links to things mentioned in the episode:
• Here's a LINK to the theme music played in this episode. I highly recommend the Danish National Symphony orchestra, they have loads of fantastic music on Youtube.
• Steven Pinker's Wikipedia page is HERE.
• Atlantic magazine article about how they tried to cancel Steven Pinker HERE.
• Steven Pinker's Twitter handle is @sapinker.
HERE is a funny Steven Pinker interview about taboo language (explicit!)
HERE is a good interview with Steven Pinker about his latest book "Rationality.".
HERE is a link to Steven Pinker's podcast "The Life of the Mind"
• You can find Steven Pinker's personal website at StevenPinker.com
• You can find Steven Pinker's photo albums HERE.
• You can find Thomas Sowell's photo album HERE.

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