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The Elephant in the Room: The Psychology of Innuendo and Euphemism

Category: Education
Duration: 01:25:10
Publish Date: 2014-05-12 16:00:00
Description: Why don't people just say what they mean? In this lecture, Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker explains the paradoxical appeal of euphemism, innuendo, politeness, and other forms of shilly-shallying. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Humanities] [Show ID: 27932]
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