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Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is a cognitive scientist at Harvard. His latest book ‘The Better Angels of Our Nature; A History of Violence and Humanity’ is published by Penguin in paperback

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Steven Pinker

This week's big questions: The end of men, vegetarianism and is

Psychological Notes: The Stone Age mental toolbox we inherit

Ins and outs of the meaning of `is'

How much art can a brain take?

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