Quotes by : Steven Pinker

They are distinct enough that our crude instruments can pick up the differences, yet both are healthy....

Why should the spread of ideas and people result in reforms that lower violence? There are several pathways.....

Institutionalized torture in Christendom was not just an unthinking habit; it had a moral rationale.....

Of course genes can’t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings....

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory....

Evolution is central to the understanding of life, including human life. Like all living things, we are....

Apes have a wide variety of sexual arrangements. That means, by the way, that there is no such thing....

When it comes to correct English, there's no one in charge; the lunatics are running the asylum.

No society can be simultaneously fair, free, and equal. If it is fair, people who work harder can accumulate....

So holding many factors constant, we find that living in a civilization reduces one’s chances of being....