Northeastern and most coastal states will vote for the candidate who is more closely aligned with international cooperation and engagement, secularism and science, gun control, individual freedom in culture and sexuality, and a greater role for the government in protecting the environment and ensuring economic equality.
Steven PinkerWhy are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage?
Steven PinkerArt works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.
Steven PinkerWe really are creatures of a violent world, biologically speaking - watching violence and learning about it is one of our cognitive drives.
Steven PinkerWe often feel that a clever aphorism captures a truth that would require pages to defend in any other way.
Steven Pinker