The limitations of Steven Pinker’s optimism

Re:The limitations of Steven Pinker’s optimism by ggm on Sunday February 25, 2018 @10:16PM (#16462808)

Pinker is more than jack of all trades, master of none. He is a charlatan. It would be all the more tolerable if he had a sense of humor.

No.. really: tell us what you think? Pinker is smart, and writes well, and holds opinions you don't agree with, but this is an eggregious take-down. Do you really question his chops on linguistics too? Or is it just that he chose to step outside his baseline and do work you don't want to respect or bond with?

Put up better stats if you want to refute his numbers.

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Re:The limitations of Steven Pinker’s optimism by petermcneeley on Monday February 26, 2018 @12:49AM (#16463404)

If you have time please review my critique on his "group selection" article. http://darkcephas.blogspot.ca/2018/01/on-group-selection.htm...

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Re:The limitations of Steven Pinker’s optimism by ggm on Monday February 26, 2018 @02:35AM (#16463770)

good graphics. but I don't see why we go to Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus on this. Its an area of active debate.

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