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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Sep 26

    In Enlightenment Now, I wrote, "The team that brings clean and abundant energy to the world will benefit humanity more than all of history’s saints, heroes, prophets, martyrs, and laureates combined."https://stevenpinker.com/publications/enlightenment-now-case-reason-science-humanism-and-progress#.W6vLQNJG9LI.twitter …

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      2. Chuck Dannon‏ @ChuckDannon Sep 26
        Replying to @sapinker

        They'll also be killed before their concept ever comes to the market.

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      2. Pieter Geerkens‏ @pgeerkens Sep 26
        Replying to @sapinker

        Already here, in the form of nuclear fission energy.

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      1. Karen Quinton‏ @quipianist Sep 26
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        Nuclear was quite a discovery..

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      1. Bradley Peters‏ @CCMarimba Sep 26
        Replying to @sapinker

        When do u think that will happen? Here in France nuke plants seem to work but population dislikes it

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      1. ((( abuisa )))‏ @abuisa Sep 26
        Replying to @sapinker

        Its already here. Roll out is abit slow, and battery technology not optimal. But we're all getting there one solar panel at a time.

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      2. ZeitVox‏ @ZeitVox Sep 26
        Replying to @sapinker

        The team that raises the cheap, pathological, pseudo-scholarly optimism grift of Pinker's depackchopra-waynedyeresque pablum to universal consciousness will do more to save humanity than all superheroes and starship captains combined.

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      3. David Galiel‏ @davidgaliel Sep 26
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        Show us where the bad reality touched you

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      4. ZeitVox‏ @ZeitVox Sep 27
        Replying to @davidgaliel @sapinker

        Any cognition that dares to struggle with actual philosophy would be touched by Pinker's inane appropriation of the Enlightenment. Touched like running into cockroaches having taken over the kitchen.

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      1. Alfonso Concreto Real de la Verdad Existente‏ @Wizard_Ghorlick Sep 26
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        That only works if atheists are right and our existence is as meaningles as the next mote of dust. At which point clean and abundant energy is still less useful than the heroes, saints, profets and martyrs who gave meaning to life.

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      1. gulsum delyo  🌙‏ @canuckurd Sep 26
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        Yes, and that would create REAL enlightenment 😂😂

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      1. neurobanter‏ @neurobanter Sep 28
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        What Is Wrong With Academia?

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      1. Chris Jones‏ @ukcj4 Sep 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        Ah, Enlightened Social Materialism. Morality rooted in material progress will continually and possibly ultimately eat itself. For example, see most of the western world today. We should materially help others but if that is not rooted in a higher morality it will ultimately fail.

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      1. Tim Holme‏ @ironmantimholme Sep 27
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        That will be several teams at least: solar PV and batteries, perhaps also solar/bio fuels

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      1. Aidan Condron‏ @ACDatum Sep 27
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        Wouldn't they be covered in the proceeding list under 'heroes'?

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      1. Pherekydes‏ @Pherekydez Sep 27
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        Stanislav Petrov says hi. Sorry heroes that stopped humanity from ending, is not clean energy so you're not that great.

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      1. Yassine Motaouakkil‏ @ymota96 Sep 27
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        They are today's heroes lol, the times have changed Dr.Pinker. The meta category of hero still holds.

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      1. Marc Poulin “Christmas 1914”‏ @Methos2010 Sep 27
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        #Nanophotonics ?

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