[freespirited]

They cheerfully champion the most reductive sort of materialism, including the idea that free will does not exist because our minds are just neural networks that function according to physical laws.

I find it difficult to believe that someone like Steven Pinker believes that his mind is merely a neural network functioning according to physical laws. Someone in his position has to be aware of the impact that political correctness--which I would not call a physical law--has on what he is willing to say.

[John Locke]

I find it difficult to believe that someone like Steven Pinker believes that his mind is merely a neural network functioning according to physical laws.

He certainly doesn't leave one with that impression after reading his books. On the contrary, he is emphatic that much human behavior is the product of culture and personal self-growth,

But having read a lot of that wretched journal, I do not find it difficult to believe that First Things promotes a sneering, self-righteous and largely pig ignorant bigotry.