Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters by Steven Pinker

Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters by Steven PinkerHumans today are often portrayed as cavemen out of time, poised to react to a lion in the grass with a suite of biases, blind spots, and illusions. But cognitive scientist and rational optimist Steven Pinker argues that this cannot be the whole picture. A list of the ways in which we are stupid cannot explain how we're so smart: how we discovered the laws of nature, transformed the planet, and lengthened and enriched our lives. Indeed, if humans were

code-named Blue Man

Daniel is a century old

and to the forgotten sacrifices that lie at its heart

Binding: Paperback

Through this incisive discussion of shamanism

history and psychology

And the lotus also is a great symbol

when Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany to St Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson

Kanti knew that

is a captive of the White Tower and subject to the whims of their tyrannical leader

is not a dark

people have asked questions about how they should live and