Kate Womersley

Rationality is like a muscle that needs constant flexing

Steven Pinker has the noble aim of making cognitive exercise as aspirational and appealing as working on your six-pack

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  • Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

    Steven Pinker

    Allen Lane, pp. 432, £25

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