Steven Pinker

Critics of religion , like Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker , suggest that faith is a useless ( or worse ) by-product of other human characteristics .

理查德道金斯和史蒂夫平克这两位宗教批评者便暗示宗教信仰只不过是人类一些其他特质所导致的无用（如果不是更糟的话）副产品。

He also selected copies of the world 's great lectures on DVD as his luxury item , and chose to take Steven Pinker 's The Better Angels Of Our Nature as his book .

他还选择了世界最棒演讲的DVD和史蒂芬•平克的《人性中的善良天使》一书作为自己的珍藏。

Harvard University social scientist Steven Pinker argued in a data-rich book published last year that violence overall has declined .

哈佛大学社会科学家史提芬品克在去年发表的一本旁征博引、数据丰富的书中论证到，总体上来说，暴力事件已经减少了。

Steven Pinker , the great psychology professor at Harvard , wrote the most comprehensive response to Deresiewicz .

哈佛大学（Harvard）杰出的心理学教授史蒂文·平克（StevenPinker）在文章中对德雷谢维奇的观点做了最全面的回应。

Using the example of Star Trek , Steven Pinker , in his book How the Mind Works , nicely illustrates the problem here .

用星际迷航举例，史蒂芬，朋克，在中，精细地列出了问题。

Steven Pinker has said that music is " auditory cheesecake , " with no particular advantage in the evolution of our species .

史蒂文.朋克说过音乐是“听觉享受”，在人类的进化史上没有什么特别突出的地方。

Steven Pinker , the writer and Harvard professor , told me that she filled an important niche within the school 's department , which has often harbored " mavericks with nontraditional projects , " including

哈佛大学教授和作家史蒂文·平克（StevenPinker）告诉我，她在学院内部占有重要的一席之地，该学院经常孕育出“搞出非传统项目的特立独行者”，包括“伯尔赫斯·弗雷德里克·斯金纳（B.F.Skinner）的乌托邦小说和宣言、赫布·克尔曼（HerbKelman）

Last year , Gates recommended Steven Pinker 's book " The Better Angels of Our Nature : Why Violence Has Declined " to graduates , saying it was the " most inspiring " book he 's ever read .

去年，盖茨将史蒂芬·平克的《人性中的善良天使：为什么暴力在下降》推荐给了毕业生，并称该书是他读过的“最鼓舞人心的”书。

Some academics might question it too : the psychologist Steven Pinker , for example , argues that human violence is steadily declining in the world today , at least when measured in terms of violence per capita , as opposed to gross military casualties .

例如，物理学家斯蒂文·平克（stevenpinker）认为，人类暴力活动如今呈现出稳步减少的趋势，至少以人均暴力衡量是如此（但军队总伤亡并非如此）。