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Anonymous Mon Feb 22 10:09:32 2021 No.17616044 [Reply] [Original]

The more I read Pinker, the more I think he's a genius. Why does /lit/ dislike him so much?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 10:10:40 2021 No.17616053 They can't write. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5J6BfToSw

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 10:10:48 2021 No.17616054 >>17616044 he is good, a lot of his writing is sound

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 10:12:30 2021 No.17616070 File: 1.11 MB, 1097x800, Screen Shot 2019-07-16 at 12.23.24 PM.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>17616044 They can't cope with the fact that being a cunnychad is directly correlated with high IQ.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 10:14:55 2021 No.17616090 >>17616044 This and Enlightenment Now are both based, he's turning me into a science loving centrist and it doesn't bother me.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 10:16:53 2021 No.17616112 >>17616044 There's only 3 or 4 good chapters in that book. He should have made a series of pamphlets instead.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 10:35:55 2021 No.17616227 >>17616044 Pinker is bugman. Court adjourned.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 10:38:12 2021 No.17616241 File: 46 KB, 596x1867, 36B6CB19-2D1C-4840-AD0D-A(...).png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >This and Enlightenment Now are both based, he's turning me into a science loving centrist and it doesn't bother me.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 10:47:21 2021 No.17616321 >>17616241 Is this an argument?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 10:51:06 2021 No.17616349 File: 92 KB, 596x1008, 12345678888.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Is this an argument?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 11:05:33 2021 No.17616475 >>17616227 he is a bugman, but one with such a high iq that he is never wrong >>17616349 (not that anon but) christ

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 11:08:58 2021 No.17616502 >>17616044 I read this book a few years ago and it was mind blowing at the time, not sure what I'd think of it if I read it now. His recent books are shit though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 11:10:04 2021 No.17616508 File: 108 KB, 596x1008, 123456788888.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >(not that anon but) christ

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 11:11:11 2021 No.17616522 >>17616070 science

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 11:12:14 2021 No.17616527 >>17616241 >>17616349 >>17616508 Meds. Now.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 11:14:11 2021 No.17616542 File: 160 KB, 640x591, ytfssd.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Meds. Now.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 11:40:34 2021 No.17616814 >>17616044 Christians btfo by this book

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 22 13:32:50 2021 No.17618009 >>17616542 Yes

Anonymous Mon Feb 22 13:46:07 2021 No.17618138

>”we live in the best time”
>buys into the myth of progress
>uses basic bitch utilitarianism and science to craft his arguments
>can’t think beyond the bounds of hedonism; has no understanding of things like virtue, honour, and beauty
>pushes status quo technocrat propaganda

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