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Rationality (Steven Pinker)

Also known as Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

A work by Steven Pinker, first published in 2021

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  • What korrents draws from it

    People certain they are right can impose their beliefs by force instead of persuading, It would be good if people earned credit for admitting uncertainty and changing their minds, not for defending their clique's dogmas, Disagreement is necessary when mortals deliberate …

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    Steven Pinker

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Key facts

First published
20213
Edition korrents quotes
Viking, 20214
Edition korrents quotes
Penguin UK / Allen Lane, 2021 ebook5
Claims on korrents
41

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. People certain they are right can impose their beliefs by force instead of persuading (opens korrents.com)1

  2. It would be good if people earned credit for admitting uncertainty and changing their minds, not for defending their clique's dogmas (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Disagreement is necessary when mortals deliberate (opens korrents.com)2

  4. The press is an availability machine whose anecdotes mislead us about what is common (opens korrents.com)2

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  1. Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters (Viking, 2021) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters (Penguin UK / Allen Lane, 2021 ebook) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  3. Rationality, Q108821702 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  4. Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters (Viking, 2021) (books.google.com) (opens books.google.com)
  5. Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters (Penguin UK / Allen Lane, 2021 ebook) (books.google.com) (opens books.google.com)

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