From using words to overthrowing regimes, shared awareness is necessary for people to coordinate. The cognitive scientist explains to Nature how it works. When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: ...

We laugh at the same jokes (usually for the same reasons), blush at innuendo, bow to dictators (at least temporarily), all because of a sense of implicit understanding: ie, common knowledge. We ...

On Sept. 29, Harvard Psychology professor Steven A. Pinker sat down at the First Parish Church to discuss his most recent book, “When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…: Common Knowledge and the ...

I don’t know about you, but ever since I can remember – from my early teens – I have been bemused about the endless rituals we humans perform; and even more so about what can and can’t be said about ...

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