ClaimsSteven Pinker

“Congratulations to Sam Mehr, first author of our music paper, for his EHBEA New Investigator Award.”

Steven Pinker, on X 21 December 2019 Post by @sapinker on X, 2019-12-21 (X)

Factual Field building and careers

Sam Mehr, first author of a music paper co-authored by Pinker, received the EHBEA New Investigator Award.

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What would count as true or false

True: EHBEA (the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association) records show that Samuel Mehr received its New Investigator Award (in or before 2019/the 2020 cycle announced by December 2019), and Mehr is first author of a music paper co-authored by Pinker (e.g. 'Universality and diversity in human song', Science 2019). Mostly true: he received the award, but under a slightly different award name or year, or the paper details differ slightly. Mixed: he received a different EHBEA honour, or the authorship detail is wrong. Mostly false: he was only nominated or shortlisted. False: EHBEA records show the award went to someone else and Mehr did not receive it.

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Evidence (2)

  1. E1 Awards Cambridge Core (EHBEA membership pages)

    “2020 AWARD WINNER: Samuel Mehr from Harvard University”

  2. E2 EHBEA Cambridge Core (EHBEA 15th conference, Book of Abstracts)

    “The 2020 New Investigator Award winner”

Reasoning

E1 lists Samuel Mehr as a 2020 EHBEA award winner but does not name the award, and E2 mentions a 2020 New Investigator Award winner without naming who it was. So the evidence does not confirm which EHBEA honour Mehr received. No evidence item covers his first authorship of a music paper co-authored by Pinker.

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Steven Pinker, “Sam Mehr, first author of a music paper co-authored by Pinker, received the EHBEA New Investigator Award.” (said 21 December 2019). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_4ce10e9237c7, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_4ce10e9237c7

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