Steven Pinker "The Sense of Style" 

Thank you for emphasizing on Clarity of interpretation on context; importance of Grammer, Semantics, order of words in language and Poetry. Great lecture Steven Pinker.

That was so enlightening and entertaining. So much so that I've (literally) - just moments ago - ordered the book from Amazon.

Pinker has a fascinating tie. I do remember that enrollees of our colleges and universities exhibited a steep decline in academics in the 1960s. It was palpable and everywhere evident. The viewpoint of some profs was that, after the ramping up of the Vietnam War and the draft, to fail a student was to consign him to the jungle. Somehow I feel that this was a fundamental change of direction in the purpose of education, that it was a tectonic shift, if you will. Consider this and let me know what you feel. (I was there.)

BADASS ATTITUDE OF QUOTES IN ACTION. "It is better to be clear and possibly wrong than fuzzy and not even wrong." - Steven Pinker. "It is better to be fuzzy and possibly right than simplistic and definitely wrong." - Ulysses Alvarez Laviada. The first quote assumes that clarity doesn't have shortcomings in itself. For instance, the habits of clarity develops a tendency for us to be simplistic rather than simple when the context requires it. The habits of clarity also develops the tendency for us to dismiss fuzziness when the context might require it. The second quote assumes that fuzziness doesn't have shortcomings in itself. For instance, the habits of fuzziness develops a tendency for us to be over complicated rather than complex when the context requires it. The habits of fuzziness also develops the tendency for us to dismiss clarity when the context might require it. Both quotes dismiss one ontological nature of reality, namely, anything that can show human excellence, in our case, simplicity and complexity, tend to show their natural shortcomings when either of them becomes a habit.

This was so much fun to watch!

I love Steven's hair!

Thanks

24:21 "Using a generator indoors can kill you in minutes"

I sometimes wonder how brilliant the scientific literary sphere might be if everyone within the sphere were as articulate as Pinker or Dawkins

"They drink Coke Classic!" Oh, Pinker.

I’m here to answers your questions

i would say its 13 inch.

He already gave this presentation at another lecture with a English speaker, and intellectual. Is this a ongoing thing or?

What the hell is the "little birdie" joke (5:53)

Hi everyone

ooh thnx yootoobe! [style]

Ask your questions by my language

Yes, there is much overlap, but fiction is still an entirely different matter. Often you DO want to use the ''curse of knowledge'', because you want to hide things from the reader until much later in the story. As a rule, fiction is much harder to write than nonfiction.

I’ve got scientific explanation for my actions,

This speaker seems fairly intelligent.

My writing is philosophy language and only scientists will understand it

Maybe I don’t understand your words

judgmental flannel dude is judging.

We’re not living in sixteen century,

You will benefit more from the human being likes me

سعی می‌کنم صدای خودم را به بیرون بفرستم

جهان بصورت متحد اداره میشود ، و این امر از نظر من کاملا پذیرفته شده است ، ولی آزادی نباشد ، صدای شما شنیده نمی‌شود

Very good, but proceeds sometimes using men of straw.

Isn't it so much fun to ridicule the lesser educated among us.