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Re:Steven Pinker thinks your sense of imminent doom is wrong by fortuna86 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:14PM (#28527788)
His bias is the same as the deniers, he has publicly stated his position and cannot recede from it for any reason, otherwise he'll look unserious.
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Re:Steven Pinker thinks your sense of imminent doom is wrong by pinkman68419 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @04:43PM (#28530821)
His bias is just trying to distract from the fact he was on Epstein's flight logs
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Re:Steven Pinker thinks your sense of imminent doom is wrong by burntoutsophos on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:18PM (#28527842)
To summarize both viewpoints in a single clichéd-but-true-timeless quote:

  It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, ... it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. 
  ~Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
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