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Time Quotes by Steven Pinker
- Natural selection is not the only process that changes organisms over time. But is the only process that seemingly designs organisms over time.
- The indispensability of reason does not imply that individual people are always rational or are unswayed by passion and illusion. It only means that people…
- If people are innately saddled with certain sins and flaws, like selfishness, prejudice, sort-sightedness, and self-deception, then political reform would seem to be a waste…
- When people talk, they lay lines on each other, do a lot of role playing, sidestep, shilly-shally and engage in all manner of vagueness and…
- I teach classes 28 weeks of the year, but the rest of the time I do research and write books.
- People are under the impression that dictionaries legislate language. What a dictionary does is keep track of usages over time.
- When time permits, I try to see interesting people in the cities I visit. In Seattle, I met Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, who…
- Roads, better harnesses for horses, time-keeping devices, financial instruments like a currency that was recognized everywhere in the kingdom, enforceable contracts - all of this…
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- I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or… — Giorgio Armani