Contra Steven Pinker: new article weighs in on Scott Alexander's open-letter feud
repligate · x · 2026-10-10
Blogger Benthamsbulldog published "Contra Steven Pinker," joining the ongoing duel of open letters between Scott Alexander and Steven Pinker. The author, like Alexander, pushes back against Pinker's arguments in what has become one of the most-followed public debates in the AI-adjacent rationalist community.
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