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> please note that he is a right winger criticising wokeism

Ad hominem. Criticize the argument. Your opinion about Shellenberger or even his other opinions are irrelevant.

I don't particularly like him, but that does not mean all his points are invalid.

This is not my opinion, I just paraphrased the wiki. From wokeism to the quote about aliens, it's all in there.

As for the validity of his statements, please read his Congressional Testimonies in said wiki and see if that changes your mind.

It is your opinion that it is a bad thing and that it affects all his other points. That's why you felt the need to cite those points. And you did the same in this comment, which is again an ad hominem.

When a debater makes a lot of bad points, extrapolating to be suspicious of any point he makes is not and ad-hominem.

And ad hominem is when you dismiss his points because he might have done something immoral in a completely unrelated field.

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