There's a standard Internet phenomenon (I generalize) of a Sneer Club of people who enjoy getting together and picking on designated targets. He grew up in Montreal and earned his BA from McGill and his PhD from Harvard. ... Quillette is an online magazine founded by Australian writer and former psychology graduate student Claire Lehmann.
He gets quite a lot right. Indeed, his Blank Slate… Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist who conducts research in visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and social relations. ... Quillette is an online magazine founded by Australian writer and former psychology graduate student Claire Lehmann. quillette.com The Passing of the Second Imperial Age - Quillette In the half-millennium of modern European imperialism, from the Spanish and Portuguese in the 16th century to the withdrawing roar of the British and French empires in the 20th, there was one truth on which all of these powers, often at war with each other, could agree. That convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had help in avoiding federal or state prison is unsurprising: money and power often buy what they shouldn’t. There’s a petition making the rounds to have Steven Pinker’s recognition by the Linguistic Society of America removed.I don’t expect a petition to accomplish much of anything, but this one is nicely written. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/steven-pinker-8418.php Verified account Protected Tweets @; Suggested users Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist who conducts research in visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and social relations. "Steven Pinker, who shared the stage with Dean at the conference in September, agreed with Christakis’ complaints. Currently Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard, he has also taught at Stanford and MIT. “Enlightenment Wars: Some Reflections on 'Enlightenment Now,' One Year Later - Quillette https://t.co/M4CVnNZNXu via @Quillette” As far as the Quillette gang is concerned, evolutionary psychology - which they often conflate with evolutionary biology in order to paint skeptics as anti-science - contains The Absolute Truth about women and about non-whites. But the recent revelation that Epstein found aid from star psychologist Steven Pinker in the form of a 2007 legal document surprised both Pinker’s fans and critics.. At least at first. Currently Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard, he has also taught at Stanford and MIT. The psychologist and author Steven Pinker has spent decades making valuable contributions to his field and popularizing it for general audiences. He grew up in Montreal and earned his BA from McGill and his PhD from Harvard. Steven Pinker Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist who conducts research in visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and social relations. In this conversation. The Quillette ethos, to the degree that there is one, tracks closely with Pinker’s thinking. Steven Pinker Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist who conducts research in visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and social relations.
And anybody who doesn't go along 100% with the claims of people like Steven Pinker is in denial of human nature and - per Pinker - reality itself.