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Steven Pinker

Sat 19 Sept

Assembly Rooms

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About This Event

Steven Pinker, Harvard professor and bestselling author of Enlightenment Now and The Better Angels of Our Nature, will give a talk at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh on 19 September 2026. The event is part of a series exploring the power of human thought.

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Steven Pinker takes place on Saturday, 19 September 2026.

Steven Pinker is held at Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh (54 George Street, Edinburgh New Town EH2 2LR).

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