Steven Pinker: the humanities aren't rigorous enough! Claims need to be backed by solid statistical evidence. Also Steven Pinker: This is true because I have a few anecdotes to back me up. https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/1138465542887628805 …
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It's clearly an anecdotal tweet, dude. He's allowed to denigrate whatever the hell he wants and still express an unrelated opinion based on personal experience in a tweet. Denigrating a discipline doesn't mean his tweets now all have to be cited.
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(I mean, shit, that would be a bad precedent to set for hot take artists like you and me, wouldn't it?)
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Do you have data to support this position, Mr. Heer?
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