ClaimsSteven Pinker

“Sometimes, when we want not to change the relationship in force, we actually take steps to avoid common knowledge, as in innuendos and euphemisms”

Steven Pinker 24 September 2025 Steven Pinker on Coordination, Common Knowledge, and the Retreat of Liberal Enlightenment (Conversations with Tyler) archived copy

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Sometimes, when we want not to change the relationship in force, we actually take steps to avoid common knowledge, as in innuendos and…

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Steven Pinker, “Sometimes, when we want not to change the relationship in force, we actually take steps to avoid common knowledge, as in innuendos and…” (said 24 September 2025). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_b16cd66c0dc8, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_b16cd66c0dc8

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