Language and Progress: A Conversation with Steven Pinker and John McWhorter
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Publicado 2018-12-07
(no video for the end of the Q and A)
Here's a thread that I posted with a whole bunch of links to interesting things that are referenced in this talk: twitter.com/jay_shapiro/status/1071130575824551936
Todos los comentarios (21)
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Black hat levitating above John's head. Enjoying trying to unsee that. :)
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I certainly have no technical training in Linguistics, but for years I’ve been reading everything each of these guys have published that I can get my hands on. So finding this video was a godsend. So thanks for posting it.
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This was great! Thanks so much for doing this!
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Two of my favorite people!
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Excellent conversation. Thanks for putting this on. Both of these guys consistently blow me away with their intelligence.
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A delightful, stimulating conversation. And the alternate version in the subtitles provided an added bit of levity.
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THx for posting --- two top guests at my all time fantasy dinner party.! D.A., NYC
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Amazing, amazing content. This video really needs more love. Loads of it.
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There is either a genius baby or a cartoon chipmunk in the audience
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This is easily one of the most incredible discourse I've heard!
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Thanks for this! I am all ears when these two gents are in the same room. Wish John would do more public speaking etc!!!
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Love John McWhorter and his partnership with Glenn Lowry!
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Wow, two of my favorite people sitting down together and talking about one of my favorite subjects D:
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This was a truly wonderful show to listen to. This is what honest, intelligent people sound like. Great work.
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Fabulous dialogue, misters Whorter and Pinker. A joy to behold, and intelligent to boot.
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Great show, thanks to everyone for making this happen! Did I hear about there being another day of talking and -hopefully - filming? I do hope Steven Pinker also gets to sit down and chat with Matt Dillahunty one of these days!
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I LOVE this conversation! Really 👏👏👏
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I remember hearing that a grad student in Language & Linguistics from the University of Pittsburgh wrote his doctoral thesis on the similarities and comparisons of Elizabethan English and the man on the street back in Shakespeare's day, with the distinctive regionality of Pittsburghese!!
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Thanks for posting this.
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Great content, top drawer thinkers. Why is the technical staging so neglected? Horrible camera angles. Hand held mics that aren’t as loud as the camera mic? Thanks anyway for getting them on record.
