InevitableSwing [none/use name] to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish • 2 months agoHarvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism. Psychologist and writer’s appearance on Aporia condemned for helping to normalise ‘dangerous, discredited ideas’.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10cross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.mlscience@lemmy.worldsneerclub@awful.systems
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkHarvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism. Psychologist and writer’s appearance on Aporia condemned for helping to normalise ‘dangerous, discredited ideas’.www.theguardian.comInevitableSwing [none/use name] to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.mlscience@lemmy.worldsneerclub@awful.systems
minus-square@Ilixtze@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish29•2 months agoI thought this guy has always been known to be Alt right adjacent; One of the little pseudo intellectual figureheads the evolutionary psychology goons love to quote.
minus-squareihaveibs [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish24•2 months agoHe is just straight up a eugenicist that couches it in reactionary liberal optimism
minus-squarekroldenlinkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-22 months agoWasn’t alt right a creation of the liberal media so as to make incels feel better about being pieces of shit to everyone?
I thought this guy has always been known to be Alt right adjacent; One of the little pseudo intellectual figureheads the evolutionary psychology goons love to quote.
He is just straight up a eugenicist that couches it in reactionary liberal optimism
Wasn’t alt right a creation of the liberal media so as to make incels feel better about being pieces of shit to everyone?