Stephen Pinker specializations in visual cognition and language development in children at Harvard University. He is most famous for popularizing the idea that language is an "instinct" or biological adaptation shaped by natural selection. In this blog I would like you to provided counter claims for the following. Steven Pinker finds "no scientific evidence that languages dramatically shape their speakers' ways of thinking".
1. What is the quote saying? (in your own words)
2. What is the position being put forward by author?
3. How would you counter the claim being made? What approaches to the topic are being assumed by the author? What approaches are being ignored by the author?
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