# Quote — Steven Pinker, Words And Rules

> As an experimental psychologist, I have been trained not to believe anything unless it can be demonstrated in the laboratory on rats or sophomores.

- Author: [Steven Pinker](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pinker.md)
- Book: [Words And Rules](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pinker/words-and-rules.md)
- Page: 84
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steven_Pinker#Words_and_Rules:_The_Ingredients_of_Language_(Basic_Books,_1999)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
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