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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 24 May 2013

    John Mueller: The reaction to the Boston bombings suggests we're becoming less terrorized by terroristshttp://bit.ly/16U3Rnr 

    1:21 PM - 24 May 2013
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      1. Myles Hocking‏ @myleshocking 25 May 2013
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        @sapinker wow, what else could that trillion dollars have paid for? Healthcare, renewables, education...

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      1. Clive Crook‏Verified account @clive_crook 24 May 2013
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        MT @sapinker: John Mueller: reaction to Boston bombs suggests we're less terrorized by terrorists http://bit.ly/16U3Rnr  @robertwrighter

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      1. slade grantham‏ @SladeGrantham 24 May 2013
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        @sapinker Or terrorist are getting too smart to terrorize the real terrorist.

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      1. Chris Maslanka‏ @ChrisMaslanka 24 May 2013
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        @sapinker The argument that death by terrorism is less likely than by meteorite has rarely been wheeled out to console victims' families.

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      1. Chris Maslanka‏ @ChrisMaslanka 24 May 2013
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        @sapinker Sadly if we are caught up in such a situation we can die just as palpably.

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      1. [broken] DASEIN‏ @BrokenDasein 24 May 2013
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        “@sapinker: John Mueller: Reaction to #BostonBombings suggests we're becoming less terrorized by terrorism" #WHA? #WaronTerror #NoWarOnIdeas

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      1. BigHiller‏ @BigHiller 24 May 2013
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        @sapinker Really? And yet Boston was cool with 9000+ police-soldiers suspending their civil liberties to catch a teenager?

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      1. david ropeik‏ @dropeik 24 May 2013
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        @sapinker re Marathon bomb reax. Right, but ignores impt truths. Fear, Good and Bad Lessons from a Bad Week in Boston http://bit.ly/14Jf5I7 

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      1. Steven Scott‏ @StevenPScott 24 May 2013
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        @sapinker I'm not so sure. Two kids without hobbies still shut down Boston.

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      1. Scott Pelton‏ @scottdpelton 24 May 2013
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        .@sapinker while were certainly safer then fear mongers suggest, isn't this just the psychology of the "new normal"?

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      1. steve flatt‏ @steveflatt 24 May 2013
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        @sapinker Reversion to the mean! Thank you Kahneman!

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