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How the Mind Works

Steven Pinker

A prominent cognitive scientist and author of The Language Instinct explains how the brain evolved to store and use information, allowing our ancestors to control their environment, and why we think and act as we do. 50,000 first printing.

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Modern Wisdom

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Modern Wisdom

The hosts cited Pinker's book as a wellknown reference when discussing the idea that most women would prefer to share a highstatus partner rather than have an exclusive but less impressive one.

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you think of this famous or this very nice line in in Steven Pinker's famous book, How the Mind Works.

— Episode: #929 - Rob Henderson - The Psychology Of...

Episode: #929 - Rob Henderson - The Psychology Of What Wome...

The hosts cited Pinker's book as a wellknown reference when discussing the idea that most women would prefer to share a highstatus partner rather than have an exclusive but less impressive one.

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you think of this famous or this very nice line in in Steven Pinker's famous book, How the Mind Works.

Behind the Bastards

Podcast

Behind the Bastards

It was mentioned as one of Steven Pinker's books, alongside 'Enlightenment Now'. It was listed as one of Jeffrey Epstein's acquaintances and his connections to various influential people.

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Steven Pinker the Canadian popular psychologist and author of such bestselling books as Enlightenment Now and How the Mind Works

— Episode: Part One: Jeffrey Epstein: Pimp to the P...

Episode: Part One: Jeffrey Epstein: Pimp to the Powerful

It was mentioned as one of Steven Pinker's books, alongside 'Enlightenment Now'. It was listed as one of Jeffrey Epstein's acquaintances and his connections to various influential people.

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Steven Pinker the Canadian popular psychologist and author of such bestselling books as Enlightenment Now and How the Mind Works

Episode: Part One: Jeffrey Epstein: Pimp to the Powerful

The book was mentioned briefly in the context of its author, Steven Pinker's, connection to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Steven Pinker the Canadian popular psychologist and author of such bestselling books as Enlightenment Now and how the mind works

Episode: Part One: Jeffrey Epstein: Pimp to the Powerful

It was briefly mentioned as one of Steven Pinker's books, a popular psychologist, who was known to be friends with Jeffrey Epstein.

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Steven Pinker the Canadian popular psychologist and author of such bestselling books as Enlightenment Now and how the mind works.

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