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Steven Pinker and the Apocalypse

Using evolutionary psychology as an aid in planetary salvation
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Steven Pinker, in his new book Rationality, says he sees a paradox within the world view of the woke—at least, those of the woke who subscribe to postmodernism.

On the one hand, postmodernists “hold that reason, truth, and objectivity are social constructions that justify the privilege of dominant groups.” On the other hand, their moral convictions “depe…

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