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Technical Notes on Video:
Video length is 2:13:00 The event is introduced by David Thorburn Professor of Literature and Director, MIT Communications Forum Moderated by Samuel Jay Keyser Keyser prefaces the forum with some personal remarks at 5:41, and then discusses the following topics with Pinker: 13:10 Recollections of Pinker’s early years at the Center for Cognitive Science 17:37 The Lexicon Project 38:48 Verb lists 49:08 The influence of Donald O. Hebb, David Marr, and Marvin Minksy 1:10:44 Noam Chomsky, Linguist 1:37:16 Pinker’s MIT teaching experience and MIT’s reaction to his role as popularizer 1:45:02 Dedicated Q&A time with the audience
