Steven Pinker receives prize for controversy from SFU

8 thoughts on “Steven Pinker receives prize for controversy from SFU”

1. "Controversy" about what? He's a mainstream media establishment darling. Is it his association with Jeffrey Epstein?

2. 2:08 for our Steven

3. Academia and the left pole. 28:00 Nails it.

4. Climate change 50:00

5. 51:15 Alt-right

6. I believe music is the most powerful non-chemical (hormone) stimulus of primal sentiment (emotion). Response to rhythmic sounds clearly have an evolutionary impact. Proof: female response to rock stars during performance.

7. War —- Organisms compete for their own survival, offspring survival, familial survival, tribal survival. If "survival" is threatened, war is inevitable. If likelihood of long term "survival" is compromised, war is inevitable. War is a process. 1) Breach of peaceful coexistence by other. 2) Unambiguous warning to other of breach and future consequence. 3) If breach continues, war is inevitable. War is a natural response to perceived threats to survival. Rome "invented potential threats" by others to justify war and conquest. Not unlike G.W. Bush, vis-a-via Iraq.

8. Excellent talk.

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