KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Steven Pinker Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Steven Pinker

Showing 181-185 of 185 Quotes by Steven Pinker

There is a correlation between economic inequality and personal violence. The explanation for the correlation isn't completely clear; there are a number of possibilities.

~Steven Pinker

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If you give people literacy, bad ideas can be attacked and experiments tried, and lessons will accumulate.

~Steven Pinker

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There is no society ever discovered in the remotest corner of the world that has not had something that we would consider the arts. Visual arts - decoration of surfaces and bodies - appears to be a human universal.

~Steven Pinker

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


'Capitalism' is a dirty word for many intellectuals, but there are a number of studies showing that open economies and free trade are negatively correlated with genocide and war.

~Steven Pinker

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conceptual fabric, such as a narrative, mental map, or intuitive theory. Disconnected facts in the mind are like unlinked pages on the Web: They might as well not exist.

~Steven Pinker

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Scientist

Born: September 18th, 1954

Links

Find Steven Pinker on Amazon

Related Authors

Orlando Aloysius Battista
Wade Davis
George Mercer Dawson
Steve Mann
Rudolph A. Marcus
Sid Meier
William Osler
John Charles Polanyi
Hugh Ross
David Suzuki

Popular Authors

Kofi Annan Jim Carrey Snoop Dogg Drake Lyndon B. Johnson Colin Kaepernick Guy Lafleur Joseph B. Wirthlin

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1694 - Voltaire

1768 - Friedrich Schleiermacher

1787 - Bryan Procter

1863 - Arthur Quiller-Couch

1870 - Alexander Berkman

1886 - Harold Nicolson

1889 - Hugh Kingsmill

1898 - Rene Magritte

1904 - Coleman Hawkins

1907 - Jim Bishop

Birthdays on November 21st
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Family Money Patriotism Religion Saint Patrick's Day Strength Teacher Time