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Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is listed by Harvard as the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, and he is the author of widely read books including The Language Instinct, The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now.

879 claims collected, 167 researched, 99 resolved. Report of 5 November 2026, method 0.1.0+28da144b.

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Each kind of claim is scored on its own, out of 100: the share that held up, with the range it likely falls in. Fewer resolved claims give a wider range.

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    Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

    74 68 79

    High confidence, 97 factual claims resolved. From 19 documents, 2002 to 2026; 19 documents sampled from 36 candidates found.

    Not scored: 49 unresolvable, 2 checkable only against their own records.

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  • Predictions

    Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

    Insufficient record: 1 prediction resolved, 5 needed for a score.

    Not scored: 12 unresolvable. 2 more fall due later.

    Does not yet allow for how likely each prediction was when made.

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  • Promises

    Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?

    Insufficient record: 1 promise resolved, 5 needed for a score.

    Not scored: 2 unresolvable.

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All types combined: 74 (likely 68 to 79, high confidence), from 97 claims: 97 factual claims. It mixes kinds of claim in different proportions for different people, so compare people kind by kind.

Steven Pinker's claims

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Not yet due Prediction 7 Oct 2026 Pinker said he thinks this ongoing effort, discussed alongside debates over neural-network approaches to AI and large language models, is going to define the agenda for cognitive science for decades to come. Prediction · 7 Oct 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 13 Jun 2024 Commonwealth Fusion Systems' scalable fusion designs will come on line within a decade of June 2024. Prediction · 13 Jun 2024 Technology
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Steven Pinker

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“I think it’s going to define the agenda for cognitive science for decades to come.”

Steven Pinker, interviewee 7 October 2026 Steven Pinker on AI Doom and Consciousness (Conspicuous Cognition)

Pinker said he thinks this ongoing effort, discussed alongside debates over neural-network approaches to AI and large language models, is going to define the agenda for cognitive science for decades to come.

Not yet due The date it refers to has not come.

Reasoning

It predicts that an effort will define cognitive science's agenda for decades to come, and that horizon has not elapsed.

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Steven Pinker, “Pinker said he thinks this ongoing effort, discussed alongside debates over neural-network approaches to AI and large language models, is going to define the agenda for cognitive science for decades to come.” (said 7 October 2026). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_359d259151c3, method 0.1.0+28da144b. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_359d259151c3

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