I’m currently reading Steven Pinker’s recent book “The Stuff of Thought”[1] in which he discusses how the structure of language provides insights to how the brain works. It’s one of three books I have on the go at any given time. Never have enough uninterrupted time to just sit down and read the whole thing – I guess that’s a lesson right there in how the modern brain works. I’ll give you one example of the kind of gem I’ve
