NOTE: This is a re-upload of a previous video, with much improved audio. Otherwise, the content is identical.
This is an excerpt of an April 22, 2005 debate between Steven Pinker and Elizabeth Spelke on the subject of under-representation of women in science. This was at least partially inspired by an incident involving former Harvard president Lawrence Summers, whose public comments speculating on possible explanations for gender disparity in science were widely misinterpreted and taken out of context.
This video includes only Steven Pinker's prepared portion. It does not include Elizabeth Spelke's presentation, the dialogue between the two speakers or the Q&A section. You can view the entire 2-hour event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hb3o...
The Science of Gender and Science
A Conversation with Steven Pinker and Elizabeth Spelke
April 22, 2005
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Steven Pinker is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. He conducts research on language and cognition and has authored ten books, including:
The Language Instinct
How the Mind Works
The Blank Slate
The Stuff of Thought
The Better Angels of Our Nature
and most recently, The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century.
http://stevenpinker.com
