Steven Pinker: Cognitive Psychologist, Linguist, and Author

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Steven Pinker: Cognitive Psychologist, Linguist, and Author

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This week on Remarkable People, Guy will blow your mind interviewing Harvard Professor Steven Pinker. Steven Pinker is a professor of cognitive science (the study of the human mind) who writes about language, mind and human nature.

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