Steven Pinker Quotes
Most popular Steven Pinker Quotes
![Some people worry that slang will somehow "corrupt" the language. We should be so lucky. - Steven Pinker quote.](/img/q/90/39890A-some-people-worry-that-slang-will-somehow-corrupt-language-we-steven-pinker.png)
Some people worry that slang will somehow "corrupt" the language. We should be so lucky.
![Intelligence, then, is the ability to attain goals in the face of obstacles by means of decisions based on rational (truth-obeying) rules. - Steven Pinker quote.](/img/q/23/33823A-intelligence-then-is-the-ability-to-attain-goals-face-obstacles-steven-pinker.png)
Intelligence, then, is the ability to attain goals in the face of obstacles by means of decisions based on rational (truth-obeying) rules.
![Language is obviously as different from other animals' communication systems as the elephant's trunk is different from other animals' nostrils. - Steven Pinker quote.](/img/q/25/34325A-language-is-obviously-as-different-from-other-animals-communication-systems-steven-pinker.png)
Language is obviously as different from other animals' communication systems as the elephant's trunk is different from other animals' nostrils.
![Challenge a person's beliefs, and you challenge his dignity, standing, and power. And when those beliefs are based on nothing but faith, they are chronically fragile. - Steven Pinker quote.](/img/q/65/27065A-challenge-a-persons-beliefs-and-you-challenge-his-dignity-standing-steven-pinker.png)
Challenge a person's beliefs, and you challenge his dignity, standing, and power. And when those beliefs are based on nothing but faith, they are chronically fragile.