Might be worth addressing Pinker’s arguments even if it’s unlikely to get him to change his mind. He’s an influential guy (Hanania also has a relatively large platform), so it could help to persuade their audience
I don’t see his arguments as being in good enough faith or logic to do that. Hanania I have tried to engage with, I don’t see how to do that with Pinker. What would you say are the arguments he makes that are worth an actual response?
(Note that I get the opposite pushback more often, people saying various forms of ‘why are you feeding the trolls?’)
I encourage people to use agree-disagree voting on Nathan’s comment (I will abstain) on the question of whether I should engage more with Pinker.
Might be worth addressing Pinker’s arguments even if it’s unlikely to get him to change his mind. He’s an influential guy (Hanania also has a relatively large platform), so it could help to persuade their audience
I don’t see his arguments as being in good enough faith or logic to do that. Hanania I have tried to engage with, I don’t see how to do that with Pinker. What would you say are the arguments he makes that are worth an actual response?
(Note that I get the opposite pushback more often, people saying various forms of ‘why are you feeding the trolls?’)
I encourage people to use agree-disagree voting on Nathan’s comment (I will abstain) on the question of whether I should engage more with Pinker.