:Well, MacDonald is not an evolutionary psychologist either, according to some. Have you followed the link to the Pinker source? It's a discussion titled "Slate Magazine Dialogue On: How To Deal With Fringe Academics". (Hey, maybe we should have a wiki project page on that topic.) Pinker's point is that fringe academics, specifically MacDonald, can be ignored, while Shulevitz was arguing that they need to be refuted. If he dealt directly with the theory, than the citation would belong in the article on the books. Instead, he is basically saying that MacDonald is so far on the fringe as to be not worth studying even to refute. That is a worthwhile opinion to include. -