Many "progressive" social science types are committed to the belief that it's possible to "fix" inequality of outcome. Pinker's rejection of "blank slatism" threatens that belief. That's a big reason he's disliked.
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well that is even a misunderstanding of left wing sociologists. Those who believe it is possible to create equality of outcome want to see changes in society where everyone is treated as of equal worth
Are you a sociologist? My experience is that left-wing sociologists aim to explain all inequality in outcome in terms of social forces.
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Does it say on my profile I'm a sociologist? I did study it though so have met a few. Well social forces are actually still very important and the big difference between sociologists and psychologists is that they attempt to address those problems
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Well, of course social forces are important - but Pinker, and those of us who reject the blank slate idea, would never deny it. Lefty sociologists *do* routinely deny that individual differences are implicated in social inequality.
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