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Prof. Steven Pinker is a renowned celebrity
who popularizes a particular approach to science, namely pinkerism.
It is a doubtful scientific contribution to the field of science
considering poor methodical database.
His early works in the field of linguistics and cognitive psychology
which earned him the title of professor
were very promising because they offered a broadening of the scientific horizon
encompassing both science and humanities
(e.g. computational theory of mind with linguistics).
However after his breakthrough book "The Language Instinct",
which introduced him to the wider audience,
his consequent work became more and more dubious
in terms of scientific achievement and became instead pinkerism,
i.e. a pseudo-scientific subterfuge
at introducing quasi-scientific ideology
to the non-scientific audience.
As a result, Steven Pinker transmuted from a serious scholar
into a political activist, following in the footsteps
of his giant predecessor and opposite number, namely Noam Chomsky.
However contrariwise to prof. Chomsky, Pinker's scientific importance
is tantamount to the aforementioned pinkerism,
because apart from the glamor and glitter of his image
and the title of professor,
his achievements lack the ingenuity of the Universal Grammar theory
developed by prof. Chomsky to say the least.
To conclude one can learn as much from Pinker's books about humans
as from Moby *** about whaling.
Mr Pinker is just another modern day sophist and his work does more harm than good to science
because it befuddles other people by constructing false data
and presenting them as a scientific fact that is seemingly irrefutable.
Moreover, he appears publicly claiming a number of unfounded ideas
pertaining to philosophy and science,
which are beyond the scope of his research.
Therefore instead of working for the good of science
he resembles a linguistic maven who uses rhetorical gimmicks
to dismiss ideas that he does not like.