Steven Pinker Quotes

That isn't really a question that can be answered. - Steven Pinker

So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents. - Steven Pinker

Personality and socialization aren't the same thing. - Steven Pinker

Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could simply mean that and that the same genes that make parents talkative make children articulate. - Steven Pinker

One of them is a simple logical point that no matter how important learning and culture and socialization are, they don't happen by magic. - Steven Pinker

No more similar than two people plucked off the street at random. - Steven Pinker

My students don't even know I'm gone. - Steven Pinker

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