And he denies the relationship between reductionism, nihilism and materialism - a connection that anyone who's completed even a high school science or history course could see and understand, if they wanted to.

On second thought, it would probably be more accurate to say that anyone who'd completed a 1st year univerity course in history, science and/or philosophy could see and understand this. *If they wanted to*. High school courses typically do not get into that much depth, unless they are 'enriched' ...