Steven Pinker - Free Speech, Reason and Knowledge

[EmperorsNewWardrobe]

0:03 1) free is the only way to acquire knowledge about the world
3:41 3) free speech is essential to democracy and a bulwark against tyranny
8:46 4) free speech is inseparable to the mission of higher education

12:22 an educated person

[konberner]

Not a Pinker fan, but he makes some good anti-SJW points here.

[fzqlcs]

Brilliant and insightful, but I can see where mystics squirm in their seats.

[Hume]

The text is from his editorial in the Boston Globe but I am curious as which college he gave this version to.

[jimfcarroll]

His view is simply logical positivism - not exactly the strongest epistemology to put your faith in. I wonder if I should believe him based on his authority.

[chromanin]

Excellent, but you can't avoid 'soulcraft' if the soul doesn't exist. We are what we do, eat, learn and were born with. Being free to express our preferences to the maximum in deference to certain principles is great, but then we can't be equivocal about those principles.

[EdwardFeenman]

i dont knpw whats worse this guys pseudo intellectualism, his assumed empirical truths, or his lip smacking and mouth popping.

[kings]

Sorry, but, just another person who thinks his opinion is what we 'know'. Sounds like everybody else.