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    Atul Gawande‏Verified account @Atul_Gawande 11 Dec 2016

    Dept of This-Isn't-SNL. Trump: I don't need daily security briefings because "I'm, like, a smart person"http://read.bi/2gOFeke 

    8:04 AM - 11 Dec 2016
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      1. Shravan Vasishth‏ @shravanvasishth 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @byunlab

        I assume he thinks that intelligence briefings are meant to make you more intelligent.

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      1. Magenta‏ @DocMagenta 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        Heart weeps for our country and our future. Climate science denier to head EPA. HHS sec who opposes tobacco regulation.

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      1. Peter Elias‏ @pheski 11 Dec 2016
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        Peter Elias Retweeted Atul Gawande

        Wonder how he would feel hearing his surgeon or airline pilot say the same thing? @realDonaldTrump @Atul_Gawandehttps://twitter.com/Atul_Gawande/status/807979312620179456 …

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        Atul GawandeVerified account @Atul_Gawande
        Dept of This-Isn't-SNL. Trump: I don't need daily security briefings because "I'm, like, a smart person" http://read.bi/2gOFeke 
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      1. Evan P @InLightEHR‏ @epiStoic 11 Dec 2016
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        Yeah, security briefings can interupt w #Twitter time & he's got priorities....

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      1. Nita Singh Kaushal‏ @nitakaushal 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @businessinsider

        and the scariest part of the sentence "for the next 8 years"

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      1. Mary Verrilli‏ @mv 11 Dec 2016
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        Unfit to be president

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      1. Betsy Nicoletti‏ @BetsyNicoletti 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        @maxwelltani Terrifying.

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      1. Lynda Gravier‏ @LyndaGravier 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        Will you please create a #DeptOfThisIsntSNL hashtag and keep the Twitterspehere apprised of this kind of insanity? Insane!

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      2. B Fairfax‏ @bpfairfax 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        .@Atul_Gawande @saadmohseni @businessinsider 'ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge'. Charles Darwin

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      3. Mark Cobbold‏ @Mark_Cobbold 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @bpfairfax @Atul_Gawande and

        The ultimate example of #Dunning–Kruger misbelief.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Ken Tegtmeyer, MD  🇺🇸‏ @pccm_doc 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        'like' and a Yugo was 'like' a luxury car.

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      1. Rosaura Brisuela‏ @Roswitamind 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @RMarkRichardson

        And very humble......

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      1. Carlos E Alvarez, MD‏ @AIMS600doc 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @RalphArmstrong1

        he fools himself into believing he is both intelligent and smart when he is neither.

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      1. ASwend‏ @aswendsen 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @businessinsider

        "it's like, security briefings are boring.. it's like, blah, blah, blah"

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      1. flora‏ @florzzz76 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        @leighsales I don't think the Aussies will ever forgive the Yanks for this. 👎

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      1. Paul Harvey‏ @paulitically 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @businessinsider

        No, b/c if he were "like a smart person" he'd be more curious about the world

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      1. Neil Howard‏ @Goshit_Nyurhat 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        Just the act of saying "I'm, like, a smart person" definitively disqualifies said person from that group. Dumb orange clown.

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      1. Tim‏ @timthegrate 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        @leighsales @businessinsider 8 years!! He is delusional...lucky to last 8 weeks in the real job #potus

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