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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Aug 11

    Is the post-Ferguson homicide uptick over? Early data for 2018 are encouraging. Rates are still way lower than 1965-1995.https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/data-suggests-uptick-in-murders-tapering-off/ …

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      1. Stefan Goetz‏ @StefanGoetz3 Aug 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        Nice work on Maher last night! Good to see these ideas reach a larger, skeptical audience.

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      1. david shuey‏ @DesignShuey Aug 11
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        Good. Yet still tragic: “If we have thousands of more people die partially arising from the social unrest created by #BLM, but it’s proven that there wasn’t significant systemic racism by police, then wouldn’t that be a tragedy of epic proportions?”https://medium.com/@agent.orange.chicago/fivethirtyeight-libertarian-reason-com-44f882149f87?source=linkShare-ad260df65504-1534009186 …

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      1. Neil Peden‏ @RaifYtinav Aug 28
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        Glad to see that you (occasionally?) read the National Review!

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      1. Holtz‏ @Biorealism Aug 12
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        How much of the reduction from decades ago is due to improved trauma care?

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      1. Kevin Martin‏ @_kevinmartin Aug 11
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        You are doing such great stuff Steve in the face of such sad adversity. Keep it up

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      2. Paul 🌹‏ @Boohan33 Aug 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        If u really want to use your widely respected voice for the greatest good, why aren’t u talking about our most dire problem, climate change?

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      3. Adam Murphy‏ @adammurphymusic Aug 11
        Replying to @Boohan33 @sapinker

        He covers it extensively in his latest bookhttps://stevenpinker.com/publications/enlightenment-now-case-reason-science-humanism-and-progress …

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      1. Alan Rios‏ @Avaloncalibur Aug 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        I've heard prison population has been declining as well as many states are focusing more on lowering recidivism rates.

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      1. Random Saxon‏ @thrivalistguid1 Aug 11
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        "Infanticide numbers may be rising slightly, if you count humans," He added

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      1. Henry Shore‏ @safari__shore Aug 11
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        This is misleading. While overall rates of violence are on the downturn, violence continues to rise in specific parts of the world and that cannot be overlooked.

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      1. Gabriel Chamyan‏ @arboretumlvr Aug 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        I hope so.

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      2. Muneeb‏ @muneebbhattia46 Aug 11
        Replying to @ShaqBackfat @sapinker

        Yu aren’t actually slave, yu are entitled to. And there’s no such thing as “yur facts” FACT IS FACT. Get a life.

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      4. Alan Rios‏ @Avaloncalibur Aug 11
        Replying to @ShaqBackfat @muneebbhattia46 @sapinker

        Are you real

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