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Steven Pinker Dialogue

Category: Arts
Duration: 00:56:14
Publish Date: 2022-01-18 10:00:00
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Steven Pinker joins us for a thought-provoking, members-only discussion on how sectarian solidarity and our pursuit of self-interest has led to the demise of objectivity, truth, and collective rationality. 

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STEVEN PINKER

“The most pervasive and robust cognitive bias is the one in which people steer their reasoning toward a conclusion that is one of the sacred values of their own tribe.”

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Editor: Reza Dahya

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