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From the other blog: “We are a violent species”

Posted on 19 May 2015 by Baldur Bjarnason (@fakebaldur)

Stephen Pinker and Nassim Nicholas Taleb had a brouhaha a while back about the statistical validity of Pinker’s claims in The Better Angels of Our Nature.

Looks like Taleb really likes having the last word.

We are a violent species.

Posted in Thoughts | Tagged pinker, taleb, violence

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