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>>21469505
This is incredibly juvenile. I've heard some shit talked on Pinker as a scholar from within the field that is supposed to be his expertise, and it would have sufficed to dismiss him for being a Utilitarian. We don't even have to consider the fact that Nietzsche makes a mockery of his way of thinking, and that it is most likely this that he is reacting to, while acting like it's a more positive and authentic motive (the irony here, in Nietzschean terms, is rich).

We can instead focus on the fact of how ridiculous it is for a grown man and supposed professional to express themselves in this way. It is one thing to remark about how you would beat up a historical figure, which is somewhat disagreeable, but it's an entirely different thing in this case: Pinker (pic related) is out of his mind to be speaking this way. This dude cannot fight. People who can fight do not talk like this, not in fucking writing in some history of philosophy publication. It's more respectable to threaten someone over xbox live, at least they're alive to respond, with some quantum chance that they could take you up on it. No. This is a pop intellectual with an unchecked, boyish, inflated ego, a man who has spent far too much time in safety. What an absolute child and midwit. Comparing Nietzsche to Austin Powers. Lmao. You're free to disagree with him but this is some of the weakest shit I've ever seen. Don't listen to pop intellectuals. There's plenty of compelling disagreements with Nietzsche elsewhere. This dude is retarded.