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The Michael Steele Podcast

Why Rationality Matters: With Steven Pinker

The Michael Steele Podcast

Two Squared Media

Politics, News, History, Government

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Michael speaks with Steven Pinker about his book, "Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters." The pair discuss who decides rationality, the prevalence of confirmation bias and tribalism, and the strength in changing one's mind when presented with new evidence.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses. I love walking with the dog for long periods of time,

0:10.0

hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm. So I think a frozen nose is

0:13.6

a sweaty armpit because like you're wrapped up so warm but then you're climbing hamps

0:17.9

to the teeth and you get to the top and you're like and then you can see the breath

0:22.2

but then your nose is still freezing to touch.

0:25.0

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0:31.6

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0:36.1

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1:08.8

Hey everybody, welcome to the Michael Still podcast. It is always a treat when you're

1:12.8

dropping to the neighborhood and today I brought a couch for you because you're going to need it.

1:18.3

We're going to have a little bit of fun with a wonderful guy, professor and a thinker about

1:26.2

things that I think you're going to find a little bit intriguing as I noted coming into the show.

1:32.6

First, I just want to thank everybody for being a part of the conversation. You can find this

1:36.4

on speaker, Apple podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, tune in, wherever you get your podcast on. You know

1:42.0

that. Follow me on Twitter at Michael Still. If you like this episode, please comment on it.

1:47.2

On the speaker app. It helps me to know your thoughts. So let's just get into it. I'm really excited

1:53.6

to welcome Steven Pinker who is an experimental psychologist. All right. And those are two words

1:59.3

you generally don't put together in the same sentence. But this man has made it a phenomenal career

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