Podcasts that mention 📚 The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker

So I started looking at their bookshelf and came across a pop science book called 'The Language Instinct' by Stephen Pinker. That was a turning point for me.

Dr. Maya Shankar recalls how discovering 'The Language Instinct' by Stephen Pinker on her parents' bookshelf ignited her passion for cognitive science. This influential book inspired her to pursue a Ph.D. in the field, particularly after a wrist injury shifted her career away from her original path as a professional violinist. It was a pivotal moment that guided her academic journey.

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this book in language now with Steven Pinker and so on this looking generally at human progress and there's so many ways the human progress can happen with AI

Lex Fridman mentions a book by Steven Pinker in the context of discussing human progress.

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but I was listening to this thing about monkeys I think it was Steven Pinker's book where they were talking about it was an audiobook they were talking about how monkeys have differentiated the sound that they make if there is a tiger versus the sound they make if there's an eagle any time I'm walking around and I hear squirrel and a tree making a certain sound

Joe Rogan mentions listening to an audiobook of a book by Steven Pinker about how monkeys use different alarm calls for different predators.

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