Pinker's book is more than a year old and I can't figure out why slashdot would give it this kind of bandwidth.
I didn't think his book was groudbreaking or even all that interesting. He didn't make any substantial claims and really didn't have any facts to back up his claims.
For my money, I would read Daniel Dennett. Darwin's Danegous Idea, Kinds of Minds, and his latest, Brainchildren are much better reads.
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Pinker's book is more than a year old and I can't figure out why slashdot would give it this kind of bandwidth.
I didn't think his book was groudbreaking or even all that interesting. He didn't make any substantial claims and really didn't have any facts to back up his claims.
For my money, I would read Daniel Dennett. Darwin's Danegous Idea, Kinds of Minds, and his latest, Brainchildren are much better reads.