Great interview. At 3:54, Pinker provides his own definition of rationality as ‘the use of knowledge to attain a goal’, while he had previously said ‘the ability to use knowledge to attain goals’. I’ve always wondered why he has settled on his current definition over the other
Children may make rational choices to eat single marsh mellows, if children are aware of the setting and do not want to provide too much information to scientists studying their ability to assert self-control.
Great interview. At 3:54, Pinker provides his own definition of rationality as ‘the use of knowledge to attain a goal’, while he had previously said ‘the ability to use knowledge to attain goals’. I’ve always wondered why he has settled on his current definition over the other
Love from India to Mr.Pinker🇮🇳
You took a great effort brother ❤
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It would be awesome if your interviews had timestamps
Children may make rational choices to eat single marsh mellows, if children are aware of the setting and do not want to provide too much information to scientists studying their ability to assert self-control.