Defining Intelligence: Steven Pinker

Published: March 16, 2011, 5 p.m.

b'Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker says that modern human intelligence is the result of thousands of years of accumulated knowledge. \\n\\nPodcast produced by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.\\n\\nHear other experts describe what intelligence means to them. Visit us online at pbs.org/nova'