Steven Pinker: The Radical Left, Jordan Peterson, and Sam Harris

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Steven Pinker (Harvard) defends free speech against radical left censorship and discusses Peterson controversy The conversation explores the radical left, free speech, and the challenges of presenting controversial ideas.RESOURCES:- http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. SPONSOR: I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.3	It really is a terrible idea to try to change the meetings so that people can't even get certain
0:52.5	thoughts across. So if you ask, is it possible for
0:56.5	a white, powerless, unemployed, working class person in a poor southern or Appalachian town to be,
1:07.4	to have derogatory opinions about African Americans.
1:11.6	And you say, oh, no, no, no, you can't ask if he's racist because racist means that you have to have power.
1:21.6	Hi, Professor, it's a pleasure to meet you.
1:23.6	Nice to meet you.
1:25.6	I'm Kurcha Mungal, the director. This This is Peter and he's helping me tag team this interview.
1:30.3	Okay, very good. Pleasure to meet you. Nice to meet you.
1:34.3	Okay, so is it already if we just get right into the questions?
1:38.3	Let's go.
1:40.3	Starting off, I want to know what is the left.
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