ClaimsSteven Pinker

“Losing some ground, by the way, always happens when you plot curves of progress.”

Steven Pinker 11 October 2026 Steven Pinker: Something that's arbitrary can be highly rational (New Statesman) archived copy

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Losing some ground, by the way, always happens when you plot curves of progress.

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Steven Pinker, “Losing some ground, by the way, always happens when you plot curves of progress.” (said 11 October 2026). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_0d2fd11c0ba5, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_0d2fd11c0ba5

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