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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 24 Mar 2013

    Steven Pinker – Too Much Morality? | Podcast and Youtube interview on London Realhttp://bit.ly/Y8N2jN 

    1:13 PM - 24 Mar 2013
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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 24 Mar 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker (my poor followers!)... I will put my further responses 2 your #video on #YouTube & on #GooglePlus:https://plus.google.com/104704674433954659866/posts …

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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 25 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker How could common cause with such a species not be a danger to them as well? Please reconsider the work you are doing.

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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 25 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker be proud of our stewardship of ourselves? Will our neighbors ever really trust us when we have performed eugenics upon our own?

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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 25 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker ...globalism is doing 4 humanity: Even if does succeed; what statement will we have 4 ourselves in a galactic context? Will we...

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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 25 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker U haven't responded 2 me which is unfortunate but expected. I must ask u a question anyway 2 try and show u what premature...

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      1. Andy Budiman‏ @Andy_Budiman_ 24 Mar 2013
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        “@sapinker: Steven Pinker – Too Much Morality? | Podcast and Youtube interview on London Real http://bit.ly/Y8N2jN ”

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      1. Gord Hutchinson‏ @GordHutchinson 24 Mar 2013
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        Excellent interview “@sapinker: Steven Pinker – Too Much Morality? | Podcast and Youtube interview on London Real http://bit.ly/Y8N2jN ”

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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 24 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker being #human is. Subscribing 2 a #morality based upon utility is inherently a #danger 2 #humanity. Means & Ends become disharmony.

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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 24 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker even over #fundamental #freedom & #liberty of #individual. Also #utilitarianism is unable 2 facilitate/account for all of what...

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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 24 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker #fetish abounds & #utilitarianism offers no #guarantee of #individual #rights! It's #moral #reductionism where #majority decides..

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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 24 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker thinking like an #economist makes people better off! W/the world in the shape it's in? Open #bankster #fraud & #fear-#control-...

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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 24 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker @ 42:00 u call 4 #ethics centered upon a #spectrum of "who get's hurt/who flourishes" (#utilitarianism) &@ 42:34 u state that...

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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 24 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker @ 38:30 of this video u confirm we r not evolving as a #species. It can b shown that #hypothesis does not agree w/facts. #humanity

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      1. Andrej Drapal‏ @AndrejDrapal 24 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker good point: too much colectivistic morality versus individual morality. Man choses for his own sake and not for others sake.

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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 24 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker What if there were ways to #understand the #meaning of #words & #language? #Linguistics #structure #meaning #meme #understanding

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      2. David Elsweiler‏ @delsweil 24 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker has moved to the top of my dream dinner party guest list

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      3. Neep Impact‏ @emmalouisenicol 24 Mar 2013
        Replying to @delsweil

        @delsweil mine too. I have his “Language Instinct” on my desk.

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      4. David Elsweiler‏ @delsweil 24 Mar 2013
        Replying to @emmalouisenicol

        @emmalouisenicol as well as being hugely inspiring seems to be a thoroughly nice chap.

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      1. carey g. butler‏ @Heurist 24 Mar 2013
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        @sapinker Do you also believe the brain is the seat of intelligence?

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