Steven Pinker: Why Politicans "Double-speak"

[darkdan]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS4xVcko9qw[/youtube]


Steven Pinker (one of my favs) is a psychologist that is interested in language and what it can tell us about who we are, what we are, and how we are.  This is a short video clip on why politicians use ambiguous language.

Full video can be seen here:  http://fora.tv/2008/09/12/Steven_Pinker_The_Stuff_of_Thought



Edit:  Apparently video embedded is not turned on!

Edit: Video embed fixed. 2020.10.21

[SWM]

Steven Pinker,
i have heard of this guy, in fact i think i have this documentary (the stuff of thought) on my hardrive but i have not yet watched it. i amfascinated by language and its uses and also what language reveals about the mind of the individual. obviously you can learn much about people by what they say and language is only one small part of that.

i am not sure what is happening with the embedded video. it seems that youtube have changed their embed code, i will look into it.

[psy_guy]

Would be nice to check my theories about that, however the big video is not working. It just 'loads' it for 5 minutes, then i turned it off. Maybe it's not available for my country... :/

[Penelope903]

Of course politicians double speak to make their image so beautiful at the public...They want to gain the trust of people and get their support....

[sure]

I am forbidden to speak and think Africaans. German language shall be superiour!