Psychologist and writer’s appearance on Aporia condemned for helping to normalise ‘dangerous, discredited ideas’
The Harvard psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker appeared on the podcast of Aporia, an outlet whose owners advocate for a revival of race science and have spoken of seeking “legitimation by association” by platforming more mainstream figures.
The appearance underlines past incidents in which Pinker has encountered criticism for his association with advocates of so-called “human biodiversity”, which other academics have called a “rebranding” of racial genetic essentialism and scientific racism.
Pinker’s appearance marks another milestone in the efforts of many in Silicon Valley and rightwing media and at the fringes of science to rehabilitate previously discredited models of a biologically determined racial hierarchy.
You have to wonder how people are so willing to damage their reputations. I just can’t imagine stooping so low as to invite Pinker on to my podcast.
bigotry is a hell of a drug. you either recognize it and call it quits, go into rehab trying to fix the way you think, or you destroy everything in your life trying to justify and accommodate it.
so hes trying to “rebrand racism by whites as something else”?
No hes playing the eugenics angle. Its the same shit psychology majors tried to do with criminals. “You can find the criminal through the brain” is there motto until the researcher found out one of the psychopaths was related to him and then it turns out it was himself. Its bullshit science backed by schizos in the field.