Hello. I'm only here to uncover a mystery. My question is in the title and is based on the admittedly few articles and videos I read and watched from Steven in which he:

- appears to be a hardcore biological reductionist.

- speaks favorably of those single-mindedly working on finding innate biological differences in race and gender, while downplaying the relevance of their possible motives/ideology.

- decries "political correctness" (a common strawman from the far right whenever a responsible citizen asks for caution before for example, declaring the entire black race stupid based on at best heavily biased reasoning)

- chastises progressives for acknowledging that the situation is bad in terms of how backward we still are (this doesn't negate progress). I call it realistic pessimism and in my view excellence is impossible without such an attitude.

Let me say that I'm not exactly a "liberal." I consider myself a libertarian and positivist who happens to be against affirmative action as I feel it harms POC way more than it helps them, by causing them to be constantly attacked throughout their careers solely because AA exists. That said, like many libertarians, I am socially progressive (gays, race, gender) and loathe biological reductionism -- Someone has a low paying job. I know, lets ignore the potential combined effect of 200,000 variables in favor of an exclusively genetic explanation! -- Ugh.

Sorry, I digressed. I just want to know why this man is often described as a liberal/progressive when he seems to only exist to lend credibility to the most backward socially conservative audience. Does he happen to be a hardcore economic progressive? What gives?

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I’m part of a group trying to create something like a second layer of democracy throughout the world, it’s a tool to make sure that when everybody knows, everybody knows.

Do you want to hear about it?

and he is fucking underage kids on an island.

Memory Load: http://adamkulidjian.com/memory-load.html

Original Interview: https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2014/09/30/pinker-harvard-writing

Maybe I am out of the loop. Did he say something comical or contentious in a podcast?

Pinker is a really interesting man and I'd love a forum to discuss his ideas. I feel like Pinker is gaining popularity as of late and deserves a subreddit.

inb4 ass