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Individualist, pro-technology, pro-democracy, anti-religion. I speak only for myself and not for any ideology, movement, or party. It has been my great good fortune to live my whole life free of "spirituality" of any kind. I believe that evidence and reason are the keys to understanding reality; that technology rather than ideology or politics has been the great liberator of humanity; and that in the long run, human intelligence is the most powerful force in the universe.
God doesn't exist
Evolution happened
Global warming is real
Homosexuality is normal
Aging is a curable disease
The election was not stolen
Everything "spiritual" is a lie
US out of UN, UN out of US
Free speech is for everybody
Humans do not have "souls"
Men can't become women
Fetuses are not persons
Words are not violence
Taiwan is a nation
Pluto is a planet
3 Comments:
Great video. Yes, almost everything is better for the human race, but it's difficult for me to be complacent when we still face the consequences of global warming while having the leader of the free world calling it a Chinese hoax.
I thoroughly enjoyed that entire show, but I've read and watched before a bit of Pinker in relation to E.O. Wilson's Sociobiology as it relates to eusociality and Superorganism behavior in the insect world and beyond. That is... beyond into facets of human behavior too. They're both from Harvard. I found the two scientists perspectives utterly intriguing! I have always been impressed by Pinker.
Shaw: Global warming is indeed reaching really frightening levels around the world this very summer. Fortunately every country in the world except the US is now committed to address the problem (via the Paris agreement), and the extreme conditions of the last couple of months should motivate people all the more.
Professor: Pinker's books impressed me mightily by the sheer mass of data he's able to marshal to support his conclusions. Ultimately the test of any claim about the world is the evidence.
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