Steven Pinker on Thomas Sowell

In this episode, I have a conversation with Dr. Steven Pinker, Professor of Cognitive Science at Harvard University. We talk about what Sowell gets right and what he gets wrong. We talk about why Sowell is not better known in academia and what this tells us about Sowell, and also about academia.Here are some useful links to things mentioned in the episode:• Here's a LINK to the theme music played in this episode. I highly recommend the Danish National Symphony orchestra, they have loads of fantastic music on Youtube.• Steven Pinker's Wikipedia page is HERE.• Atlantic magazine article about how they tried to cancel Steven Pinker HERE.• Steven Pinker's Twitter handle is @sapinker.• HERE is a funny Steven Pinker interview about taboo language (explicit!)• HERE is a good interview with Steven Pinker about his latest book "Rationality.".• HERE is a link to Steven Pinker's podcast "The Life of the Mind"• You can find Steven Pinker's personal website at StevenPinker.com• You can find Steven Pinker's photo albums HERE.• You can find Thomas Sowell's photo album HERE.THERE ARE 3 WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW:1) Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. This helps a lot by nudging the show to the top of Google searches.2) Purchase our Thomas Sowell Post It Note pads:  You can find all 100 digital images of the post it notes HERE, feel free to download them and use them however you like.To purchase pads of printed post it notes, please  Paypal $4/pad to [email protected] or Venmo to @Alan-Wolan.  Please put your mailing address as well as your email address in the notes of the payment. International orders will cost more, please ask.NEW:  We have two editions of the quotes available:Edition #2: Quotes 1 - 50.Edition #3: Quotes 51 - 100When you order, if you don't specify, we will send you half your order Edition #2 and the other half Edition #3.3) Support the show financially by subscribing with a monthly contribution on Patreon, link HERE.You can  email Alan at: [email protected] are only so many hours in the day and that fact that you spend some of your precious time listening to my podcast is something I will never take for granted and will always appreciate.THANK YOU!Support the show• Find me on X (Twitter) at @alanwolan• Email me at [email protected]• Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/SowellGenius• Purchase podcast merch at https://www.etsy.com/shop/GeniusSowell• See all my links at www.alanwolan.com