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In Reply to: If Pinker is, it's in a tradition of thinkers who write, isn't it? It's not like posted by tinear on September 14, 2020 at 10:49:36:
The idea that progress is something that can be inferred from data is just plain sophomoric. But Pinker, like many Canadians and Americans, can't tell the difference between philosophy and science. Progress is an Enlightenment concept, and a very powerful one. Unfortunately, the decimation of species, violent weather and the current pandemic are all signs that this concept needs a thorough reset, one that respects the limits to growth. We are more like a cancer than a successful species at the moment.
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- RE: If Pinker is, it's in a tradition of thinkers who write, isn't it? It's not like - Jim Pearce 12:10:43 09/14/20 (10)
- Scientists are the reason we know of the climate crisis--- they analyze data. - tinear 13:49:48 09/14/20 (6)
- you don't get science at all... - Jim Pearce 14:09:29 09/14/20 (5)
- You're a philosophy major who never got over science. Deductive logic - tinear 06:17:40 09/15/20 (1)
- nothing could be further from the truth tin... - Jim Pearce 12:12:04 09/15/20 (0)
- RE: you don't get science at all... - rivervalley817 14:28:34 09/14/20 (2)
- now that is funny rivervalley! - Jim Pearce 14:44:42 09/14/20 (1)
- RE: now that is funny rivervalley! - rivervalley817 15:21:27 09/14/20 (0)
- RE: If Pinker is, it's in a tradition of thinkers who write, isn't it? It's not like - rivervalley817 12:22:39 09/14/20 (2)
- I'm not stating that progress can't be measured... - Jim Pearce 13:06:58 09/14/20 (1)
- RE: I'm not stating that progress can't be measured... - rivervalley817 13:28:40 09/14/20 (0)