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Steven Pinker

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01 / uncertainty

I don’t know whether it’s that linguists themselves have not made themselves useful enough, have not been part of the conversation, or the cynical view is linguistics has just been on the wrong track and it has nothing to contribute.

“I don’t know whether it’s that linguists themselves have not made themselves useful enough, have not been part of the conversation, or the cynical view is linguistics has just been on the wrong track and it has nothing to contribute.”
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Steven Pinker
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Conversations with Tyler

02 / uncertainty

I don’t know if you could talk about the prior probability of a preference, but when it comes to just the brute force gut feeling, look, I just don’t like chocolate, that would be a case where it isn’t irrational to not share those priors.

“I don’t know if you could talk about the prior probability of a preference, but when it comes to just the brute force gut feeling, look, I just don’t like chocolate, that would be a case where it isn’t irrational to not share those priors.”
Speaker
Steven Pinker
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

03 / uncertainty

I don’t know. My optimism doesn’t consist of prophecy in that sense. That is, my optimism consists of looking at what has happened and noting that, first of all, the pessimistic view is factually incorrect.

“I don’t know. My optimism doesn’t consist of prophecy in that sense. That is, my optimism consists of looking at what has happened and noting that, first of all, the pessimistic view is factually incorrect.”
Speaker
Steven Pinker
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler
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