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“The Science Reader”
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature
with psychologist Steven Pinker
September 10, 2008
Run Time: 1 hours 02 minutes
Filmed at Warwick’s in La Jolla, California.
In The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature, Pinker explores how the mind works by examining the way we use words. By looking closely at everyday speech, he paints a vivid picture of the thoughts and emotions that populate our mental lives.
Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Until 2003, he taught in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. He conducts research on language and cognition, writes for publications such as the New York Times, Time, and Slate, and is the author of seven books…
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ESTI CALICE DE TABARNAK!!!!
Your such an ass. If you had listened to the context of his using the N BOMB you would realize that he is anything but a flagrant racist but you obviously are already a hater and thus you heard what you wanted to hear. It hurts me to see the hurt and hatred of minorities and I accept that racism is rampant and that none of us are totally free from its' effects.
*You're* missing the sarcasm…
whoosh
You are someone who does not understand sarcasm.
Wow, it hurts me to see this ignorance, but I accept that it is rampant and text does not always translate the intent of the writer, therefore we will never be totally free from these misunderstandings. That was a spoof of your last sentence, in case you do not understand those either.
Again all this does is confirmed what I was saying, it's idiotic notions of purity and disgust which lead to those feelings… Idiotic cultural conservatives.
None of these evoke negative emotions in me
Christopher Hitchens had no linguistically merits, he was a fucking hill-billy!
"It's the suppression of the word that gives it the power, the violence, the viciousness."
-Lenny Bruce
They may just be neurotic or possibly psychotic, they're the fellas at the freakin' FCC (8)
On the stroop test, I sped up on the swear words…uh oh.
he said fucking!!! hahahahha .. immature lady
IT'S MY ELEVENTY-FIRST BIRSDAY!
Much appreciated.
Bloody….? It has not been a Swear/Taboo word in Australia for a very long time…and since when is Snot a negative word?
Bloody may no longer be a real swear word in Australia but it is not well received in the U.S. In reverse, fuck is not a particularly bad work in modern day U.S.A. but is considerably more offensive in Australia. As Pinker points out, different communities use different swear words. There are strong cultural differences. The conventions of swearing are among those that are among the most difficult things for migrants, visitors and tourists to grasp.
LMAO @ the adverb comment
I agree with everything he has said so far, but I don't believe that people are always revolted by sexual words, because of long-winded associations. In some cases, for people who have been through something perhaps, but I think he misses a point; that sexuality and nudity etc – even when consensual and enjoyable – are demonised by religions and we are taught that sex is wrong and dirty, even when it isn't.
its a social construct. there was no such thing as swear words before the Victorians came along. words may be percieved as offensive, but what those words are are subjective. i find the word "the" disgusting and offensive so should everyone be obliged not to say it?
Wow this is as funny as and more interesting than Carlin's bit
I can only speak for my U.S. perception, but "bloody" is not a strong swear word for Americans. We have a sense that it's stronger in the U.K.(and the "British-English" world into which we ignorantly lump Aus), but it makes us chuckle when someone is scolded for saying "bloody". If an American says bloody, I think they're trying to sound British. Fuck, on the other hand, is still strong though it's open use has proliferated in film. "Damn" was stronger and is now common network TV. Fuck is not.
Where can I find part 2?
In Québec, we say ''TABARNAK''.
It's ok. Sepero1 was just being sarcastic.
I so needed to hear Steven Pinker swear a bunch. I feel so satisfied.
Here's an observation: I can swear quite easily in English around other people that understand English. I don't feel any discomfort or shame. However, I have a slight hesitation when I want to use "bad" words from my past (mostly Russian) even though people might not even understand them. My guess is that word is "bad" ONLY if you believe it is bad and enforce it. That belief comes from education, experience, orders.
HR 3687 left out "Tits."
Barny
Those who are offended by swearing, are invariably petty in nature.
tits is a swear word? who knew
Science, motherfuckers.
Way to forget your adverbs, U.S. senate.
After doing the Stroop test in front of my Psych recitation class, my Psychology teaching assistant said she had never heard anyone do the Stroop test as fast as me. (Yes, this is a boast to nobody on Youtube.) However, the process of imprinting with words, reading them, and registering them is slightly more complex than a uniform intake (as eye movement could be altered from normal modes in the Stroop test [directional movement and focus] ).
Vsauce brought me here..
5:16 But you can control movement of your eyes (hopefully), and you can control the amount you focus… and you should be able to control (to a certain extent) your own thought processes (somewhat). That's for you, Susy.
FUCKING ACED IT HEAR
"The n-word" is such a farce, really. What's their "politically correct" alternative for the short, rolls-off-the-tongue word for "a black person"? African-American, only because that's where they got most of their black slaves, which in context is even more offensive – not to mention that it implies that blacks only exist in Africa, disregarding a bunch of ethnicities from at least a quarter of the globe, each as black as any other hot tropical/equatorial dude, as well as arid parts of the temperate zone where occasional people still get enough raw sunshine to get super-tanned.