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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 29 Jun 2013

    NYC homicides still falling, despite economy - 85% drop since early 90s, one of the steepest declines in history -http://nyti.ms/10qeyKw 

    5:50 AM - 29 Jun 2013
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      2. Skycheker4Jesus‏ @Skycheker4Jesus 29 Jun 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Did NYC stop counting ABORTIONS?

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      3. Steve Ahlquist‏ @steveahlquist 29 Jun 2013
        Replying to @Skycheker4Jesus

        @Skycheker4Jesus Right on cue, an anti-abortion jackass says something stupid.

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      1. Scott Abel‏ @scottabel 29 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker @harpersnotes Someone needs to discover the secret and share it with Oakland!

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      1. Ward Harkavy‏ @WHarkavy 29 Jun 2013
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        /@sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Don't be so sure. NYPD is known to cook its stats -- it's been written about many times.

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      1. MarinaGipps‏ @MarinaGipps 10 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker Chicago, land of Mies Van Der Rohe, needs less to be more... #crime

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      1. Jack Graziotti‏ @learning_london 4 Jul 2013
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        @sapinker How much of a role might the Internet have played in this reduction?

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      1. Jordan Flesher‏ @troyofis 30 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg What percentage is 'Enlightened' or living from 'Cosmic Consciousness?' That's a more useful question.

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      1. Hermes Sol‏ @hermes93 29 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg What do you think causing NYC crime drop? Anti-gang tactics? Stop/Frisk? Changing social dynamics? Or?

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      1. Drafsome‏ @Drafsome 29 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker new yorkers are getting so fat, knives and bullets no longer hurt them

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      1. the real chris beck‏ @SubBeck 29 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Of course, a lot of rights are being violated with stop and frisk.

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      1. Lars Christoffersen‏ @lars_ole 29 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg a complete corelation to when lead in Petrol was abandoned. What #pollution can do.

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      1. Gunbuster Z‏ @GunbusterZ 29 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker Must be all those violent video games.

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      1. Terrance Jackson‏ @NuPlaya 29 Jun 2013
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        MT @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Much less stop-and-frisks in last 15 months -> drop in murders result of other factors. http://nyti.ms/10qeyKw 

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      1. Sue Heath‏ @sueellendarling 29 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker Have you worked out a reason for this? It is indeed good to hear.

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      1. sebastián brahm‏ @instabrahm 29 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker any studies relating stats to decrease in environmental lead levels?

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      1. Mathew Crawford‏ @EduEngineer 29 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker To be fair, most people are consuming more during this recession than people did in general a generation ago.

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