News about Steven Pinker

Jeffrey Flier said the Icahn School of Medicine in Mount Sinai, New York, is threatening to'degrade the quality of medical education' by 'diluting rigor and precision with ideological goals.' In an op-ed titled 'Medical Schools Should Combat Racism,' the former Harvard Medicine School dean aired his views. But This Isn't Like This, published by The Free Press. Flier acknowledges the 'disturbing history of bigotry and bigotry in medicine,' which he has helped combat throughout his 55-year career. However, he claims that current DEI laws are doing more harm than good.

Prominent faculty members at Harvard University have been urged to abandon the school's long-standing policy of taking official positions on political or social issues, and it appears that the university's board is responding to their appeal. Four top Harvard scholars held a private dinner with two influential members of Harvard's influential governing board, Tracy Palandjian and Paul Finnegan, just before winter break. The mission? To combat self-censorship, intolerance for protest, and the university's penchant for taking stances on controversial topics, they are encouraged to combat what they see as an increase in self-censorship, intolerance for opposition, and the university's penchant for taking stances on hot topics.