“Though knowledge itself increasingly ignores boundaries between fields...” — Steven Pinker Quote

“Though knowledge itself increasingly ignores boundaries between fields, professors are apt to organize their pedagogy around the methods and history of their academic subculture rather than some coherent topic in the world.”

“The rules of friendship are tacit, unconscious; they are not rational. In business, though, you have to think rationally.”

“I do look for openings where I can overturn popular misconceptions, but unlike Christopher Hitchens, I am neither a contrarian nor a lone heretic. I like to have a significant number of academics watching my back.”

“I would not want to leave the impression that I would give some precedents more weight than others because of some sort of academic disagreement.”

“I'm actually - believe it or not, for an academic - an aural learner.”

“Biden's first failed run for the presidency was ended by his dishonesty over his academic record and his plagiarism, including the biography and speeches of British Labor politician Neil Kinnock.”