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Calling Stephen Pinker a fraud is way over-the-top. He’s published a large number of extremely serious papers, including the paper introducing the ngrams datase
by dash2 6y ago
Calling Stephen Pinker a fraud is way over-the-top. He’s published a large number of extremely serious papers, including the paper introducing the ngrams dataset you just linked to.
- MrBuddyCasino 6y agoHe got challenged on his statistics [0], and didn't engage, correct or retract. This is antithetical to scholarly behaviour. Pinker is an ideologue and absolutely "the Mozart of bullshit vendors". [0] https://www.academia.edu/26772813/The_Decline_of_Violent_Conflicts_What_Do_The_Data_Really_Say https://www.academia.edu/26772813/The_Decline_of_Violent_Con...