Steven Pinker explains the cognitive biases we all suffer from and how they can short-circuit rational thinking and lead us into believing stupid things. Skip to 12:15 to bypass the preamble.
Steven Pinker explains the cognitive biases we all suffer from and how they can short-circuit rational thinking and lead us into believing stupid things. Skip to 12:15 to bypass the preamble.
Pinker didn’t live before 1900. He’s alive in 2024 and he’s a racist and climate change denier who OP expects to tell us about science.
Of course, and I agree with that (on faith, because I genuinely don’t know who the guy is yet). I’ve met enough people who are incredibly talented with fucked up views to know that intellect and morality are not as entwined as we might hope. Death of the author, applied to science.
I’m not sure I even agree with this take btw, as much as just finding it a valid one to hold that I would disagree with. It’s also fully possible I’m getting invested enough in a hypothetical to the point of being irritating. If so, I do apologize. I’m not trying to provide any sort of moral cover for someone who sounds like an overall shitty person.