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THE TWO STEVES (Part II)

Questions and AnswersSteven Rose, Steven Pinker[3.24.98] [On January 21st, Steven Pinker and Steven Rose debated each other in an event chaired by Susan Blackmore and held at London University's...

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JARED DIAMOND AWARDED PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTION

Jared Diamond[4.15.98] The Pulitzer Prize in general non-fiction category was awarded yesterday to Jared Diamond for Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

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COMPETING FOR CONSCIOUSNESS

How Subconscious Thoughts Cook on the BackburnerA Talk byWilliam H. Calvin[4.29.98] According to theoretical neuroscientist Bill Calvin, treating consciousness solely as awareness or attention greatly...

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How Is Personality Formed ?

A Talk WithFrank J. Sulloway[5.17.98]"A few months ago, a group of authors gathered at a country house in Connecticut for a weekend, taking walks in the meadows and woods, dining alfresco and talking...

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CODE

A DialogueGeorge Dyson, John Brockman[6.11.98]CODE is an attempt to get at the big issues of the Microsoft-Justice Department situation. George has a biological approach and I have my own points to...

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HOW CAN EDUCATED PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS?

A Talk WithDavid Lykken[6.19.98] Were it not for ideological prejudice," notes psychologist and behavioral geneticist David Lykken, "any rational person looking at the evidence would agree that human...

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CODE II

J. Doyne Farmer vs. Charles SimonyiCharles Simonyi, J. Doyne Farmer[6.20.98]Doyne Farmer and I read two different metaphors from the biological / evolutionary analogy that George Dyson has advanced....

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SEXUAL SELECTION AND THE MIND

A Talk WithGeoffrey Miller[6.25.98] Geoffrey Miller is known for his research which focuses on evolutionary psychology and sexual selection. In this regard, his work is in the tradition of scientists...

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THE DEMISE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AT UC BERKELEY

DISSECTING THE STALEMATEAn Essay byJohn Mcwhorter[7.29.98]I recently received an email message from Steven Pinker urging me to interview a young Berkeley linguistics professor named John McWhorter for...

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THE CLOCK OF THE LONG NOW

A Conversation withStewart Brand[11.23.98] When Danny Hillis first started talking about his 10,000 year clock, many of his friends worried that he was going through some kind of mid-life crisis. I was...

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THE TWO STEVES (Part I)

A DebateIntroduction bySteven Rose, Steven Pinker[3.24.98] On January 21st, Steven Pinker and Steven Rose debated each other in an event chaired by Susan Blackmore and held at London University's...

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THE TWO STEVES (Part II)

Questions and AnswersSteven Rose, Steven Pinker[3.24.98] [On January 21st, Steven Pinker and Steven Rose debated each other in an event chaired by Susan Blackmore and held at London University's...

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THE TWO STEVES (Part I)

A DebateIntroduction bySteven Rose, Steven Pinker[3.24.98] On January 21st, Steven Pinker and Steven Rose debated each other in an event chaired by Susan Blackmore and held at London University's...

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JARED DIAMOND AWARDED PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTION

Jared Diamond[4.15.98] The Pulitzer Prize in general non-fiction category was awarded yesterday to Jared Diamond for Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

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COMPETING FOR CONSCIOUSNESS

How Subconscious Thoughts Cook on the BackburnerA Talk byWilliam H. Calvin[4.29.98] According to theoretical neuroscientist Bill Calvin, treating consciousness solely as awareness or attention greatly...

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How Is Personality Formed ?

A Talk WithFrank J. Sulloway[5.17.98]"A few months ago, a group of authors gathered at a country house in Connecticut for a weekend, taking walks in the meadows and woods, dining alfresco and talking...

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CODE

A DialogueGeorge Dyson, John Brockman[6.11.98]CODE is an attempt to get at the big issues of the Microsoft-Justice Department situation. George has a biological approach and I have my own points to...

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HOW CAN EDUCATED PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS?

A Talk WithDavid Lykken[6.19.98]"Were it not for ideological prejudice," notes psychologist and behavioral geneticist David Lykken, "any rational person looking at the evidence would agree that human...

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CODE II

J. Doyne Farmer vs. Charles SimonyiCharles Simonyi, J. Doyne Farmer[6.20.98]Doyne Farmer and I read two different metaphors from the biological / evolutionary analogy that George Dyson has advanced....

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SEXUAL SELECTION AND THE MIND

A Talk WithGeoffrey Miller[6.25.98] Geoffrey Miller is known for his research which focuses on evolutionary psychology and sexual selection. In this regard, his work is in the tradition of scientists...

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