Steven Pinker @sapinker
Cognitive scientist at Harvard. stevenpinker.com Boston, MA Joined January 2010-
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Just published: My op-ed in the Boston Globe @GlobeOpinion w Jeff Flier @jflier | Academic freedom is not a right to coerce (Why universities should shut down occupations). bostonglobe.com/2024/04/29/opi…
Q: How many children did not die in the past three decades thanks to progress in global health? A: 100 million. Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/children-saved…
Defending Academic Freedom in Higher Education and Medicine, by my colleague (and past and future coauthor) Jeff Flier, former Dean of Harvard Medical School. quillette.com/2024/04/25/aca…
Latest essay sponsored by the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard @cafharvard | Boaz Barak: For Our Sake and The Middle East’s, Harvard’s Protesters Should Stop Grabbing Headlines | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson thecrimson.com/column/council…
The beauty of eyes. fredericpaulussen.be/macro-photogra…
We Keep Failing the Blasphemy Test persuasion.community/p/we-keep-fail…
The 2023-24 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture international.ucla.edu/burkle/event/1…
I'm doubly honored to be presenting a lecture in memory of the journalist Daniel Pearl, hosted by the world's leading analyst of causality, the computer scientist Judea Pearl.
I'm doubly honored to be presenting a lecture in memory of the journalist Daniel Pearl, hosted by the world's leading analyst of causality, the computer scientist Judea Pearl.
A major focus of my research career: Regular & irregular phenomena in language as a window into the memory-computation tradeoff in cognitive architecture (with implications for AI, as @GaryMarcus emphasizes). Latest episode in my series The Life of the Mind.…
We did start the fire: "A long, intricate, but essentially unbroken line connects that rejection of the liberal university in 1968 to the orthodoxy on elite campuses today. The students of the ’68 revolt became professors—...the “long march through the institutions”—bringing…
"Lost Women of Science: Elizabeth Bates and the Search for the Roots of Human Language" | In this podcast, I reflect on one of my fiercest academic adversaries, the late psycholinguist Elizabeth Bates. lostwomenofscience.org/episodes/eliza…
A university president (Oakland University's Ora Hirsch Pescovitz) speaks out against "DEI" as it is currently implemented in American universities. detroitnews.com/story/opinion/… via @detroitnews
Sorry to learn of the loss of my colleague Helen Vendler, literary lioness. ‘Colossus’ of Poetry Criticism, Dies at 90 - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/04/24/boo…
What do we mean by the meaning of a word? A sentence? Meaning: Let's Discuss. Latest episode in my video podcast series The Life of the Mind. youtu.be/22nGKXyLNqA?fe… via @YouTube
Forget the "hippie chimps": Male bonobos fight 3X as often as common chimps, study by my colleague Martin Surbeck finds. (Some primatologists are hesitant to report such findings, fearing harm to conservation efforts. But endangered species deserve protection whether or not their…
Free Black Thought: Against the prescriptive racism embedded in DEI policies. Powerful essay by Erec Smith @Rhetors_of_York bostonglobe.com/2024/04/19/opi…
Gen Z makes a bid for free expression at Harvard - Editorial cartoon by Sage Stossel on the event I hosted at Harvard 2 weeks ago, introducing Harvard Undergraduates for Academic Freedom, affiliated with the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard | The Boston Globe…
Progress, Rediscovered: On the new initiatives to understand and promote human progress. reason.com/2024/04/06/pro…
Harvard student Rohan Nambiar: Dissent: Activists Broke the Rules. I’m Glad Harvard Enforced Them. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson thecrimson.com/article/2024/4…
Harvard student Matthew Nekritz: Student Organizers Must Learn From The Nightmare At Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson thecrimson.com/article/2024/4…
Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins
3.0M Followers 359 Following UK biologist & writer. Richard Dawkins Foundation donor: https://t.co/rZZdjPoMUe. For Details about the Upcoming Tour: https://t.co/sSo5FL6CWb
Steve Stewart-William.. @SteveStuWill
193K Followers 237 Following Psychology, evolution, science. Author of "The Ape That Understood the Universe" (2018) and "Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life" (2010). Backup: @SteveStuWill2
Coleman Hughes @coldxman
350K Followers 905 Following Conversations w/Coleman Podcast | Forbes 30 Under 30 | Contributor at @theFP | Analyst at @CNN https://t.co/cwLQsfPK19
Michael Shermer @michaelshermer
237K Followers 241 Following Publisher Skeptic Magazine | Host The Michael Shermer Show | Skeptic columnist: https://t.co/4hVMgni7I7 | NEW BOOK Conspiracy: https://t.co/E6IJLqcC9d
Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt
411K Followers 2K Following Social psychologist at NYU-Stern, working to roll back the phone-based childhood. Please visit https://t.co/ZjBuXdDr8I & https://t.co/7aVAmOTlnl
Jesse Singal @jessesingal
158K Followers 3K Following I make text and voice words. @fsgbooks, former @NYMag. Cohost @TheBARPod, the first-ever podcast: https://t.co/1qH8Ez9XYO * [email protected]
Rob Henderson @robkhenderson
147K Followers 689 Following Best-Selling Author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class: https://t.co/TGd7JHRsFo
Melissa Chen @MsMelChen
243K Followers 3K Following VP @strategyrisks | Board + co-founder @IdeasB2 | Board @envprogress | 🇸🇬 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 | ✍️ The Spectator & elsewhere | Email: [email protected]
Wesley Yang @wesyang
136K Followers 9K Following Writing on Substack. Author https://t.co/XpCqfzGhUI. Tips accepted here: https://t.co/yOYgoS3FtN…
Sarah Haider 👾 @SarahTheHaider
129K Followers 644 Following "a proto-AI let out of the box too early"
Geoffrey Miller @primalpoly
140K Followers 7K Following Psych professor; wrote The Mating Mind, Spent, Mate, Virtue Signaling. Themes: Evolution, sentience, civilization, EA, X risk, crypto. Wife: @sentientist. ⏸️
Lawrence M. Krauss @LKrauss1
491K Followers 198 Following Theoretical physicist. Best-selling author. Science & public policy advocate. https://t.co/eapcd0tW0B. President of @OriginsProject. Host of @TheOriginsPod.
Heather E Heying @HeatherEHeying
237K Followers 533 Following Evolutionary biologist. Seeker & communicator of truths (DarkHorse, Natural Selections). Spends time in the Amazon. Rhymes w flying. https://t.co/WhEFpkyO9E
Joscha Bach @Plinz
129K Followers 754 Following FOLLOWS YOU. Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Architectures, Computation. The goal is integrity, not conformity. https://t.co/rFUNzdYXuK
Nicholas A. Christaki.. @NAChristakis
196K Followers 683 Following Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale. Physician. Author of Apollo's Arrow; Blueprint; and Connected. Luckily wed @ErikaChristakis
David Deutsch @DavidDeutschOxf
119K Followers 63 Following Physicist. Author of The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity
Kmele 🖐 @kmele
130K Followers 3K Following Clean. Articulate. Content @foundersfund. Seditious Conspiracy @wethefifth. Board @Freethinkmedia @theFIREorg @JoinFAI #MLIDAIDDS
Charles Murray @charlesmurray
127K Followers 303 Following Husband, father, social scientist, writer, Madisonian. Or maybe right-wing ideologue, pseudoscientist, evil. Opinions differ.
Republican Anarchist .. @GOP_RAC
2K Followers 8K Following Promoting conservatarian market anarchism within the @GOP | No formal affiliations with the party yet | ❤️, 🔁 & Follow ≠ Endorse | #MakeAnarchismGreatAgain
Rodrigo Melo @Rodrigo03337931
115 Followers 1K Following
Kathryn Jacobson @drjake314
0 Followers 64 Following Post-doctoral fellow | Smith Neurotrauma Laboratory | Penn
Gi @numermeorea
7 Followers 16 Following
Satvik Sharma @Satviksprivacy
3 Followers 101 Following
Majed @MajedAbdulla18
45 Followers 576 Following Electrical Engineering student trying to be a data plumber
Mark Kadzie @MKadzie
5 Followers 13 Following
Logan Lender @loganlender
1 Followers 28 Following Clinical psych doctoral student. Thinking & writing about psychology, philosophy, and society. Interested in reducing the amount of unnecessary suffering.
Sumpfgazelle @swampgazelle
58 Followers 339 Following Wäre - natürlich - lieber ein Einhorn. Habitatsituation, Mithabitatierende und Zeitgeist lassen das nicht zu.
Derick Jackson @DerickJack57396
0 Followers 109 Following
Baimafeima @_Baimafeima_
1 Followers 19 Following
Adrian @Adrian473437117
1 Followers 79 Following
A Med @AMed854885
1 Followers 38 Following
Munz @CEMunz
6 Followers 33 Following
Jesse Walker @JbasedWalker
6 Followers 16 Following
Annabel Treshansky @ATreshansky
788 Followers 5K Following Working in education, with programming, blogs, WordPress, Power Platform. GenX, like mindfulness, Star Trek, SciFi, art, squirrels. Mostly post podcasts I like.
AB27363626384 @ab2736362691269
2 Followers 103 Following
Misoteísta Irredutí.. @MisoteistaMor
2 Followers 549 Following "Deus existe e é um sádico asqueroso que mata crianças e animais inocentes. Não há como vencê-lo, a vida não passa de um filme de terror assistido à força."
Charlie @Charlie188817
7 Followers 525 Following
Eric Isselbacher @eisselbacher
499 Followers 195 Following Director, Healthcare Transformation Lab; Co-Director, MGH Thoracic Aortic Center; Massachusetts General Hospital
Marcelobtp @marcelobtp
445 Followers 1K Following Free Speech Absolutist, Truth Seeker, God Believer.
Bailey @baileyschiff
30 Followers 537 Following American University School of International Service | Eurasia Center
a @Atark06
27 Followers 4K Following
Stanley Krauter @StanleyKrauter
77 Followers 308 Following America won't get better politicians until we get better voters but reporters are communicating like entertainers. And they are refusing to work like teachers.
kamal farti @FartiKamal83075
135 Followers 2K Following
nothing1231241 @nothing12387284
0 Followers 1 Following
Gabriel R. Soares @_grsoares
2K Followers 1K Following Sr. Software Engineer at @Join_ZOE | https://t.co/BBGuBKbwUP | Opinions my own | Learning in public: https://t.co/7GB9M8TVOr, https://t.co/17S7VrB53E
Pubite @Moreofliefe
7 Followers 17 Following
American patriot @Americapatr9551
0 Followers 1 Following
Lisa Hartwell @LisaHartwell7
0 Followers 48 Following
Abdul Qayyum Khokhar @AbdulQayyu51658
480 Followers 6K Following God is a Good Planer, My Blieve only on God, Love is a Race & Love is a Life♥️
Amie Wood @WoodAmie260
0 Followers 4 Following
dina @yarnlvr
14 Followers 510 Following
aman @amanllah588
0 Followers 144 Following Love is everything, it gives everything, and it takes everything
Yanique Mendes Pereir.. @MendesYani6635
0 Followers 5 Following
Fan Du @caifandu
214 Followers 2K Following Research is my romance, and romance is not built in a day. Institutionalizing scholarship @UTAustin. Interested in knowing from artifacts like data & theories
Freakonomics @Freakonomics
621K Followers 435 Following Follow the Freakonomics Radio podcast for weekly episodes that explore the hidden side of everything — with host Stephen J. Dubner.
Chris Beall @Bealltruth
21 Followers 20 Following
yangboee @yangboee
1 Followers 56 Following
Jim Piette @JimPiette1
16 Followers 158 Following
Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins
3.0M Followers 359 Following UK biologist & writer. Richard Dawkins Foundation donor: https://t.co/rZZdjPoMUe. For Details about the Upcoming Tour: https://t.co/sSo5FL6CWb
Coleman Hughes @coldxman
350K Followers 905 Following Conversations w/Coleman Podcast | Forbes 30 Under 30 | Contributor at @theFP | Analyst at @CNN https://t.co/cwLQsfPK19
Michael Shermer @michaelshermer
237K Followers 241 Following Publisher Skeptic Magazine | Host The Michael Shermer Show | Skeptic columnist: https://t.co/4hVMgni7I7 | NEW BOOK Conspiracy: https://t.co/E6IJLqcC9d
Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt
411K Followers 2K Following Social psychologist at NYU-Stern, working to roll back the phone-based childhood. Please visit https://t.co/ZjBuXdDr8I & https://t.co/7aVAmOTlnl
Melissa Chen @MsMelChen
243K Followers 3K Following VP @strategyrisks | Board + co-founder @IdeasB2 | Board @envprogress | 🇸🇬 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 | ✍️ The Spectator & elsewhere | Email: [email protected]
Lawrence M. Krauss @LKrauss1
491K Followers 198 Following Theoretical physicist. Best-selling author. Science & public policy advocate. https://t.co/eapcd0tW0B. President of @OriginsProject. Host of @TheOriginsPod.
David Deutsch @DavidDeutschOxf
119K Followers 63 Following Physicist. Author of The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity
Razib 🥥 Khan 🧬 .. @razibkhan
72K Followers 4K Following Genes Website: https://t.co/RMRko6hjiZ Cofounder: @genrait_inc YouTube: https://t.co/8qv9j8ivIo Advisor: @boltzmann_net Adisvor: @AtheistsLiberty
Matt Ridley @mattwridley
128K Followers 3K Following Biologist | Author of Red Queen, Genome, Rational Optimist, and Viral: The Search for the #OriginOfCovid: https://t.co/wHGfoouaqx
Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan
497K Followers 274 Following Human rights activist, founder @AHAFoundation, fellow @HooverInst and host of the Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast. Opinions my own. Check out my work at Restoration:
Greg Lukianoff @glukianoff
68K Followers 1K Following CEO @thefireorg. #freespeech lawyer. Buy my new book, Canceling of the American Mind! Newsletter: https://t.co/cwXCTUouR0
John McWhorter @JohnHMcWhorter
250K Followers 398 Following Columbia linguist, weekly at NYT, biweekly Lexicon Valley podcast and Glenn Show. 9 NASTY WORDS and WOKE RACISM in 2022. Later this year: PRONOUN TROUBLE!
Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale
95K Followers 586 Following Psychologist who studies and writes about human nature—including morality, pleasure, and religion (Artwork by MK Wynn: https://t.co/HLDAJgvYmE)
tylercowen @tylercowen
231K Followers 526 Following new book *Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Winners, and Creatives Around the World*, https://t.co/7bU5cUdOBc, Conversations with Tyler, Bloomberg Opinion.
Heterodox Academy @HdxAcademy
62K Followers 2K Following A non-partisan collaborative of educators who believe open inquiry, diverse viewpoints, & constructive disagreement are critical to research & education.
Robert Wright @robertwrighter
50K Followers 974 Following Author of Nonzero, The Moral Animal, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True. EIC @NonzeroPods, @NonzeroNews. @[email protected]
(((noa tishby))) @noatishby
239K Followers 375 Following Former Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and Delegitimization of Israel. Mom. Author. Acting. Producing.
Kevin Kelly @kevin2kelly
126K Followers 489 Following Senior Maverick at Wired, author of bestseller book, The Inevitable. Also Cool Tool maven, Recomendo chief, and radical optimist.
Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome
74K Followers 998 Following @CatoInstitute Vice President (Econ/Trade), @DukeLaw adjunct, @TheDispatch newsletter-er. CH❤️RTS. You didn't read the article, did you? Go @Rangers.
Council on Academic F.. @cafharvard
2K Followers 85 Following A faculty-led organization devoted to free inquiry, intellectual diversity, and civil discourse at America's oldest university. https://t.co/2Gz5b4YdxW
David Buss @ProfDavidBuss
24K Followers 385 Following Author of The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
CIRCE, Cognitive Immu.. @CIRCE_team
490 Followers 247 Following CIRCE aims to advance the science of mental immunity and develop humanity's resistance to cognitive contagion. We run @MentalImmunityP
Christine Emba @ChristineEmba
18K Followers 1K Following Staff writer @TheAtlantic. Formerly columnist & Ed Board member @WashingtonPost. Author of "Rethinking Sex: A Provocation" (https://t.co/xs49Yjuzbs).
Saloni @salonium
29K Followers 2K Following Thinking & writing about science. Research @OurWorldInData. Co-founder @WorksInProgMag. 🇭🇰🇮🇳🏳️🌈
Erica Chenoweth @EricaChenoweth
19K Followers 3K Following Teach @Kennedy_School. Book: https://t.co/10xhGo80Xq. @NVActLab w/@JayUlfelder, @crowdcounting w/@djpressman. @[email protected]
Musa al-Gharbi @Musa_alGharbi
15K Followers 2K Following Asst. Professor @SBUjournalism. Research Fellow @HdxAcademy. Columnist @Compactmag_. Author, "We Have Never Been Woke" (forthcoming @PrincetonUPress)
Good Judgment Inc @superforecaster
11K Followers 722 Following Delivering insights into global challenges through the science and art of #Superforecasting. Test your forecasting prowess at https://t.co/5H8XIhN7eK
Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus
145K Followers 7K Following “A beacon of clarity”. Spoke at US Senate AI Oversight committee. Founder/CEO Geometric Intelligence (acq. by Uber). Rebooting AI & Taming Silicon Valley.
Nate Silver @NateSilver538
3.4M Followers 2K Following New Book, On The Edge, August 13: https://t.co/WeCLEOd4Be
Julia Galef @juliagalef
117K Followers 501 Following Author of THE SCOUT MINDSET and host of the Rationally Speaking podcast
A.J. Wendland @aj_wendland
2K Followers 202 Following Vision Fellow in Public Philosophy, King’s College London | Associate Producer, Ideas on CBC Radio
Bobbie Spellman @BobbiePoPS
2K Followers 751 Following Cognitive Scientist, Law School Professor, ex-Journal Editor, Bridge Player, Dog Lover, Science Reform Advocate
The Progress Network @progressntwrk
42K Followers 1K Following 😀 Take a break from doomscrolling! We share tech, science, health, environment, and social progress What Could Go Right? newsletter and podcast 👇
Titania McGrath @TitaniaMcGrath
746K Followers 982 Following Activist. Healer. Radical intersectionalist poet. Nonwhite. Ecosexual. Pronouns: variable. Selfless and brave. Buy my books.
Richard Hanania @RichardHanania
97K Followers 221 Following President, @CSPICenterOrg. Former @UTAustin, @ColumbiaSIPA. Post pictures from books. Subscribe at https://t.co/32YL6Mtg2D
Pamela Paresky🎗️.. @PamelaParesky
18K Followers 1K Following Not an important person. Writer, Psychologist, Mother. Opinions my own & I might change them. You defend terrorism=I block you. #IStandWithIsrael #BringThemHome
Philip E. Tetlock @PTetlock
47K Followers 538 Following Penn-Integrates-Knowledge (PIK) Professor, Wharton & School of Arts & Sciences. Likes = interesting; Retweets = very interesting; Interesting ≠ endorsement
Scott Alexander @slatestarcodex
138K Followers 30 Following I have a place where I say complicated things about philosophy and science. That place is my blog. This is where I make terrible puns.
Paul Graham @paulg
1.9M Followers 772 Following
Paul Romer @paulmromer
94K Followers 506 Following I no longer post to this account. There is at least one person who is pretending to be me with a handle that adds an "s" to the end of my handle.
Maren Urner @PositiveMaren
11K Followers 302 Following Neuroscientist, sustainabilist, runner, looking for solutions. Professor @mediauni_ - bestselling author @KnaurVerlag - co-founder @PDmedien - columnist @fr
Beautiful News Daily @beautiful__news
17K Followers 6K Following unseen trends, uplifting stats, creative solutions - a chart a day from @infobeautiful. Oct 2019. Back in 2022. New book! https://t.co/gHFL6cWaJO
Reasons to be Cheerfu.. @RTB_Cheerful
14K Followers 1K Following An online editorial project sharing stories of solutions and positive change. Created by @DBtodomundo. Become a member: https://t.co/kFJAtdrXLe
Claire Lehmann @clairlemon
233K Followers 5K Following 🚀founded @quillette ✍️ writes for @australian 📧 subscribe: https://t.co/04OP3stmMN
Future Crunch @future_crunch
15K Followers 325 Following We report stories of progress. Join 50,000 people who receive our email newsletter and make your inbox a more hopeful place.
Positive News @PositiveNewsUK
70K Followers 3K Following Good news that matters. Uplift your inbox with our weekly newsletter, for the essential briefing about what’s going right. Sign-up below ⬇️
Gregg Easterbrook @EasterbrookG
17K Followers 3K Following "The Blue Age" in bookstores now. Starred review, Kirkus: "Outstanding." Suitably quirky All Predictions Wrong now at Substack. TMQ has returned in same place.
Michael A. Cohen (NOT.. @speechboy71
78K Followers 3K Following Subscribe to Truth & Consequences, Columnist MSNBC, Daily Beast author American Maelstrom, Clear & Present Safety, Senior Fellow @CSSfletcher NOT Trump’s lawyer
Danielle Blau @deblaublau
568 Followers 170 Following Author of PEEP @WaywiserPress, April 2022 | RHYME OR REASON @wwnorton, forthcoming | MERE EYE @Poetry_Society | Host @gavagai_series
Environment Progress @envprogress
4K Followers 235 Following Research organization that incubates ideas, leaders, and movements for humanity, civilization and freedom for all.
These markings on page 26 are not of my own making. Hopefully, they got *there*. Source: #NeverEatAlone Filter: #Blossom Mantra: #Hopeful
"AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by 68% since the peak in 2004 and by 52% since 2010." Indeed there has even been progress in the last 24 months; "Global AIDS deaths fell to 650,000 in 2021, down by more than 11% since 2019." unaids.org/sites/default/… H/T @future_crunch
Global leprosy infections have dropped 97% since 1985, largely due to effective multidrug treatment (MDT), and improved living standards driven by economic growth. #HumanProgress 👩🔬 Image: @beautiful__news Source Data: who.int/health-topics/…
Hey team @Novartis, what's the plan for 2021 to 2025? Will #Novartis continue to support #HumanProgress through MDT donation in the fight against leprosy?
Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Revi... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Beautiful Australia: My new photo gallery: goo.gl/MkuGua Slideshow: goo.gl/grYXHf
What All This Bad News Is Doing to Us sciof.us/1kOaLDs via @thescienceofus
Re. philosopher-kings: Informed that 7 US presidents have had Harvard degrees. #notwhatihadinmind
Does Harvard produce philosopher-kings who will know how to rule because they want, least of all things, to rule? Greeted with blank stares
pretty interesting wsj review of the very interesting new book by @MoisesNaim , The End of Power on.wsj.com/XAoB0D
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