ClaimsSteven Pinker

“And telling young people they will soon perish en masse has costs in their appreciation of the institutions of modernity, their mental health, their confidence to invest in themselves and their society, and their willingness to have children (itself a risk of extinction).”

Steven Pinker 26 September 2026 Steven Pinker Replies to Scott Alexander on AI (Quillette) archived copy

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And telling young people they will soon perish en masse has costs in their appreciation of the institutions of modernity, their mental…

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Steven Pinker, “And telling young people they will soon perish en masse has costs in their appreciation of the institutions of modernity, their mental…” (said 26 September 2026). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_7c08fefedf06, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_7c08fefedf06

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