I've never read a critique of Pinker, and found his article on academic prose to be quite well-written. Would you expand upon your "Steven Pinker vibe"?
There's multiple, none definitive (the cool thing about writing a giant tome is that somebody has to write a giant tome back). I've just picked up on them as I discuss his work online on various venues, which I feel panders very obviously to well-off westerners seeking reassurance.
There's another that dismantles his use of an ancient human corpse found carrying "weapons" to suggest that there had been a murder.
Yet another discusses sloppy research where me mis-portrays some joke minor journal as representative of an academic field and makes broad generalizations based on it.
One day I'll collect my own compendium. In the meantime, if you're curious, just scour reddit or something.
