How The Scientism Method Leads To Unhappiness, Death, and Disaster

One of the nation's most prestigious newspapers recently put out a weekend edition that prominently featured an essay on how much human life has improved in these last two centuries. The author is Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, whom we have heard on more than one occasion described as the "smartest guy in the country." His essay is stunning … in several ways. It celebrates two hundred years of human progress with a torrent of statistics. Here is a sample to encouraging factoids that suppor

One of the nation's most prestigious newspapers recently put out a weekend edition that prominently featured an essay on how much human life has improved in these last two centuries. The author is Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, whom we have heard on more than one occasion described as the "smartest guy in the country." His essay is stunning … in several ways. It celebrates two hundred years of human progress with a torrent of statistics. Here is a sample to encouraging factoids that suppor…