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Re:Steven Pinker makes case for human progress in ‘Enlighten... by bobthechef on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @04:37PM (#16487271)
It's called polemic. Just because something is polemical doesn't mean it is untrue or unsound. Tone does not discredit content.
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Re:Steven Pinker makes case for human progress in ‘Enlighten... by crusso on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @07:17PM (#16488591)
Technically true, but I'm kind of sick of seeing it. The more time I spend online, the more nauseated I feel when I read people writing serious documents who can't even be civil.

If either of the criticism articles that I saw links to here were actually posted as comments on HN, dang would be asking them to reword their criticisms to be less hostile and aggressive.

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