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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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pinker.wjh.harvard.edu
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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Sep 7

    India decriminalises homosexuality (another long-term liberalization trend, like abolition of slavery, child labor, capital punishment, and laws oppressing women, that seems inevitable).https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/indian-supreme-court-decriminalises-homosexuality?CMP=share_btn_tw …

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      2. Mike French‏ @MikeFrench13 Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker

        I mean this is great but this is decolonization, not liberalism.

        2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Valence Smith‏ @smith_valence Sep 7
        Replying to @MikeFrench13 @sapinker

        Freedom from state control of your sex life is a completely liberal concept.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Sky A‏ @obsidianf7 Sep 7
        Replying to @smith_valence @MikeFrench13 @sapinker

        + homophobic legislation in India is a hangover from British colonial rule

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. JeffJeff‏ @JeffJeffx1 Sep 7
        Replying to @obsidianf7 @smith_valence and

        and yet on the day after independence they could have changed the law but didn't.

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      2. Irish Swede‏ @swede_irish Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker

        The world continues to get better.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Kulturen Z  🐸‏ @Kulturz Sep 7
        Replying to @swede_irish @sapinker

        *worse

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      4. Irish Swede‏ @swede_irish Sep 7
        Replying to @Kulturz @sapinker

        Objectively the world is getting better. Your opinion may differ...pic.twitter.com/XAlnKrVTWg

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      5. Kulturen Z  🐸‏ @Kulturz Sep 7
        Replying to @swede_irish @sapinker

        I hope they can enjoy the same State Enforced Heterosexuality that we have today.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Irish Swede‏ @swede_irish Sep 7
        Replying to @Kulturz @sapinker

        We? Where I live there isn’t state enforced heterosexually. So you’ll have to excuse me when I say I am not part of your “we”

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      7. End of conversation
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      2. John Hans‏ @JohnHan52 Sep 8
        Replying to @sapinker

        You are cute to speak about the Flynn effect to support your general positive views, I would love to be convinced, but what about the I.Q drop due to massive immigration of low I.Q populations from Africa ? This low I.Q is genetic and not compatible with a developped society.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. James Syrett‏ @PhDaff Sep 9
        Replying to @JohnHan52 @sapinker

        There is no good evidence that IQ has a genetic basis, let alone that certain races are inferior to others in this regard. It has far more to do with levels and type of education, type of society and the way that IQ tests are designed. So-called 'race realism' is just racism.

        4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. John Hans‏ @JohnHan52 Sep 9
        Replying to @PhDaff @sapinker

        Good joke ignorant marxist man.

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      5. End of conversation
      1. Vivek Pravat‏ @VPravat Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker

        Archaic law, almost no one was prosecuted because of homosexuality. Note that no equal rights yet. Meanwhile, it hurtles toward fascism under the dear leader, where people are being jailed for speaking out against the govt. and mob lynchings over beef eating have become the norm

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      2.  🐓‏ @dandearden Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @_Four_Horsemen

        This is huge for the world

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      2. Seeker_niks‏ @Seeker_niks Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker

        Incomplete without LGBT marriage.. discrimination continues... They are no different

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb Sep 7
        Replying to @Seeker_niks @sapinker

        No society is fixed, unchanging or complete. Which direction is it heading? How does it compare with the past?

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Putra Kayana‏ @DjuwaanHertz Sep 8
        Replying to @sapinker

        Science win

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      1.  ❌Austro-Hungarian NPC Programming 🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈 ❌‏ @SwitchAtoll Sep 8
        Replying to @sapinker

        About time India does something good that Pakistan has utterly failed to do.

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      1. davidrieff‏ @davidrieff Sep 8
        Replying to @sapinker

        Dismal to see @sapinker owning up to the fact that he is a determinist (something he has denied in interview after interview).

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