ClaimsSteven Pinker

“No one knows why our behavior has come under the control of the better angels of our nature, but there are four plausible suggestions.”

Steven Pinker 1 January 2007 A History of Violence (Edge.org) archived copy

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No one knows why our behavior has come under the control of the better angels of our nature, but there are four plausible suggestions.

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Steven Pinker, “No one knows why our behavior has come under the control of the better angels of our nature, but there are four plausible suggestions.” (said 1 January 2007). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_d6e1e6ca3aa9, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_d6e1e6ca3aa9

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