The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero.
Steven Pinker
Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage?
It's misleading to essentialize an entire society as if it were a single mind.
The brain is not a bag of traits. It's startlingly complex. There are few or no single genes with a consistent effect on the mind.
Why do people believe that there are dangerous implications of the idea that the mind is a product of the brain, that the brain is organized in part... →
'Write' is almost the wrong verb for what I do. I think 'compose' is more accurate because you're trying to make the sounds in... →
Robert Pinsky
I actually didn't mind school, and I enjoyed university and college.
Freida Pinto
When a doctor is performing an operation, his mind cannot be somewhere else. And it's the same with actors. You have to commit yourself mind... →
I'm reading more than ever. I used to find it tedious, but now it's like my little friend - it takes my mind off things.
Billie Piper
The study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well... →
Robert M. Pirsig