By sb admin on September 21, 2007. Linguist Steven Pinker visits the Colbert Report. Tags humor language Popular Culture Psychology Video colbert kiume linguistics pinker sandra_kiume humor Psychology Video Log in to post comments More like this Pretty good interview...not as spectacular as last one, when Colbert asks Pinker, "How does the brain work...in 5 words or less"...and Pinker replies, on the spot, "brain cells fire in patterns" Log in to post comments Steven Pinker is awesome. His throwaway pop culture references and easy-going style disguise the importance of his work. Log in to post comments
Pretty good interview...not as spectacular as last one, when Colbert asks Pinker, "How does the brain work...in 5 words or less"...and Pinker replies, on the spot, "brain cells fire in patterns" Log in to post comments
Steven Pinker is awesome. His throwaway pop culture references and easy-going style disguise the importance of his work. Log in to post comments
Pretty good interview...not as spectacular as last one, when Colbert asks Pinker, "How does the brain work...in 5 words or less"...and Pinker replies, on the spot, "brain cells fire in patterns"
Steven Pinker is awesome. His throwaway pop culture references and easy-going style disguise the importance of his work.