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- David SinclairInterview
At the age of 18, I fell in love with The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins, for its novelty, clarity and rationality. It taught me that scientists can write amazing books and inspired me to write one. How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker was another big influence.
- David PizarroInterview
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker. It’s a wonderfully ambitious book that provides a great overview to a very dominant approach to the study of the mind (even when I disagree, I learn).
- Michael ShermerInterview
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker. For my money, this is the most important social science book ever written, comparable to Principia by Isaac Newton in the physical sciences and The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin in the biological sciences. It is packed with data in a highly readable narrative…
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