The appropriate level of explanation for human thought and behavior is at the level of knowledge, information, and inference—the level of cognitive science—rather than at the level of neural circuits or neurophysiology, even though neural processes ultimately implement cognition.

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Speaker

Steven Pinker

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the perspicuous level of explaining human thought is at the level of knowledge information uh uh inference rather than at the level of neural uh circuits

Source

David Deutsch & Steven Pinker (First Ever Public Dialogue) — AGI, P(Doom), & The Enemies of ProgressJoseph Noel Walker
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:21:48 PM

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