Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Steven Pinker: Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things" video.

  1. "Evolution of the Lip Smack" - Steven Pinker
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  2. Once that belief is set, the subsequent revelation of fact will be difficult, and most likely painful, which in today's "Harm Reduction" framework, causes harm. Facts then get cancelled as harmful, not just to the greater moral value, but to the physical body. Isaiah 5:20: Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Confucius: "The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name."
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