Talk about the subject, not about research about the subject. If you’re writing about apples, then write “apples are X” rather than “Dr Smith first discovered that apples are X”.
Funny, Pinker not doing that is actually what convinced me of his position when I read The Blank Slate. He described how twin studies were done and how non-biological twin* studies were done, and that’s what convinced me. If he just said facts about the subject I wouldn’t have been convinced.
*When 2 kids of the same age that aren’t genetically related grow up together from a young age, don’t remember the actual name for that.
Funny, Pinker not doing that is actually what convinced me of his position when I read The Blank Slate. He described how twin studies were done and how non-biological twin* studies were done, and that’s what convinced me. If he just said facts about the subject I wouldn’t have been convinced.
*When 2 kids of the same age that aren’t genetically related grow up together from a young age, don’t remember the actual name for that.