Steven Pinker

Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind

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1. Steven Pinker→McGill University

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2. Steven Pinker→Harvard University

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3. Steven Pinker→Stanford University

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4. Steven Pinker→University of California, Santa Barbara

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5. Steven Pinker→Wagar High School

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6. Steven Pinker→Harvard University

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7. Steven Pinker→Harvard University

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8. Steven Pinker→American Psychological Association

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9. Steven Pinker→MIT

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10. Steven Pinker→Dawson College

    Educated at

    educated atThrough 1973 · start not recordedWikidata statement
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11. Steven Pinker→intellectual dark web

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12. Steven Pinker→American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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13. Steven Pinker→National Academy of Sciences

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14. Shivon Zilis↔Steven Pinker

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
15. Steven Pinker↔Eric Schmidt

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
16. Reid Hoffman↔Steven Pinker

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
17. Steven Pinker↔Bret Stephens

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
18. Steven Pinker↔Matt Cohler

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
19. Steven Pinker↔Grover Norquist

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
20. Steven Pinker↔Ezra Klein

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
21. Steven Pinker↔Joe Lonsdale

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
22. Peter Thiel↔Steven Pinker

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
23. Steven Pinker↔Mike Cannon-Brookes

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
24. Steven Pinker↔Anne-Marie Slaughter

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
25. Steven Pinker↔Adam D'Angelo

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
26. Tim Urban↔Steven Pinker

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
27. Steven Pinker↔Tyler Cowen

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
28. Steven Pinker↔Barry Sternlicht

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
29. Elon Musk↔Steven Pinker

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
30. Scott Cook↔Steven Pinker

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
31. Chamath Palihapitiya↔Steven Pinker

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
32. Steven Pinker↔Leonard Leo

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
33. Neal Mohan↔Steven Pinker

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
34. Steven Pinker↔Dan Schulman

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
35. Greg Brockman↔Steven Pinker

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
36. Steven Pinker↔Robert Rubin

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
37. Steven Pinker↔Jonathan Haidt

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
38. Steven Pinker↔Strauss Zelnick

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
39. Neal Katyal↔Steven Pinker

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17
40. Steven Pinker↔Lawrence Summers

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    • Peter Thiel's private society attendance list leaked via hard-coded HTML ↗github.com · 2026-06-17