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Steven Pinker Dialogue
Season 2 · Episode 61

Steven Pinker Dialogue

The Munk Debates Podcast · Munk Foundation / iHeartRadio

January 18, 202256m 14s

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Show Notes

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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