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100% this. Too many folks gulped Pinker’s nonsense without further inspection because it suited their priors.
by slumpt_ 6y ago
100% this.
Too many folks gulped Pinker’s nonsense without further inspection because it suited their priors.
- QuesnayJr 6y agoI feel like equally as many people rejected Pinker because it violated their priors. I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other -- I guess my prior is that I am skeptical of broad narratives one way or the other and I think Pinker is prone to facile generalizations -- but most of the rebuttals I've seen to Pinker seem offended by the idea of progress, rather than taking his arguments seriously.