Original sentence: Popular science writer Steven Pinker, Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, has criticized MacDonald's ideas, stating they "do not pass that threshold for attention-worthiness", though he admits he has not read the Critique trilogy
Edited sentence: Steven Pinker, a popular science writer and Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, who admits he has not read the Critique trilogy, has curiously criticized MacDonald's ideas, stating they "do not pass that threshold for attention-worthiness"