Thursday 14 March 2019

Why is Pinker demonized?

My coffee table and Better Angels 
I love Steve Pinker. I've read two of his books — the so-called "Big Two", Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now.
I've read critiques of his thinking and found them wanting. 
Here's Jerry Coyne, who I follow on his blog, Why Evolution is True, analysing why people love to hate Pinker. One big reason, they won't admit, but strikes one as likely: they're jealous.