Multimedia Friday 21/09/07 - Pinker on Colbert

By sb admin on September 21, 2007.

Linguist Steven Pinker visits the Colbert Report.

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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.

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