Bo Winegard

Charitable argumentation and good faith are disappearing virtues.

I got blocked simply for pointing out her uncharitable interpretation. That's one way to remain in a cocoon : )

It’s a shame that people are so afraid of scientific research being oversimplified or misconstrued for nefarious purposes that they deny the validity of said research altogether. Out of fear that nuance will be lost, we lose nuance.

Yes! Also, it's alarming that a "scientific journalist" couldn't even be bothered to do a two minute search of the literature before impugning Pinker's character.

The pissed-off-ness takes over. It’s strange to me that a science journo would be so cynical about Pinker’s perspective, too! Makes me think she isn’t really familiar with his work, which seems unlikely.

I think she's either horrifically blinkered by her ideology or morally grandstanding--or, I guess, a combination. She's writing a book on race science, I guess. Should be a lucid and fair account of the literature

You always use the grinning emoji to nice effect

Just like her previous book I guess. Expect a lot of strawmanning, guilt by association and cherry-picking.

I read a summary and in the first few sentences they are already claiming Murray said black people are genetically inferior and that we should understand race as a "social construct" (in the sense of not being real).

It is a social construct

Not in a way that matters for the (modern) conversation on population differences.

In exactly that way

Not just uncharitable, but inferior interpretation.