{"id":24,"date":"2007-08-15T17:41:24","date_gmt":"2007-08-15T23:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.minkhollow.ca\/KB\/Blog\/?p=22"},"modified":"2010-05-08T11:35:02","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T17:35:02","slug":"more-heretic-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2007\/08\/15\/more-heretic-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"More heretic stuff."},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>This time from Stephen Pinker:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/news\/otherviews\/469317,CST-CONT-danger15.article\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/news\/otherviews\/469317,CST-CONT-danger15.article<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"story_headline\">In defense of dangerous ideas<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"story_subhead\">In every age, taboo questions raise our blood pressure and threaten moral panic. But we cannot be afraid to answer them.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-24'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(24);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(24);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(24);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>This time from Stephen Pinker: http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/news\/otherviews\/469317,CST-CONT-danger15.article In defense of dangerous ideas In every age, taboo questions raise our blood pressure and threaten moral panic. 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