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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 7 Aug 2013

    Terrorism kills far fewer people than falls from ladders - the real threat is our overreaction - Ted Koppel in WSJhttp://on.wsj.com/13G2NBB 

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      1. (((Affentotenkopf))) 👻 ☠ 👹 🤖= 🤔‏ @guerilla_monkey 7 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker @YoshiObayashi more people have been killed by police illegally than by terrorists #PoliceState

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      2. T 💀D‏ @EpicureanDeal 7 Aug 2013
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        That was a helluva ladder on 9/11. MT @sapinker Terrorism kills far fewer people than falls from ladders - Ted Koppelhttp://on.wsj.com/13G2NBB 

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      2.  📉  🔄  🌱  🎃‏ @costrike 7 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker Say what you will, but I'll go to the grave believing my overreaction to the threat of ladders is justified.

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      2. Nitin Pai‏Verified account @acorn 10 Aug 2013
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        But dear @sapinker, ladders neither bear malice nor have the ability to up the ante when they encounter a soft target. Unlike terrorists.

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      3. Arvind Virmani‏ @dravirmani 10 Aug 2013
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        @acorn @sapinker Thought: Let us give free ladders to terrorists & their supporters & their families. Peaceful retaliation. :-)

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      4. Nitin Pai‏Verified account @acorn 10 Aug 2013
        Replying to @dravirmani

        @dravirmani Right to Ladder. Now dialling NAC.

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      1. Honest Vince‏ @HonestVInce 12 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker Mr Pinker, oh dear, statistically speaking, you're a fraud, money back on book please, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nassim-Nicholas-Taleb/13012333374?fref=ts …

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      2. Prashant‏ @pmgandhi 7 Aug 2013
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        “@sapinker: Terrorism kills far fewer people than falls from ladders - the real threat is our overreaction - http://on.wsj.com/13G2NBB ”

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      3. happy hacking‏ @nicferrier 7 Aug 2013
        Replying to @pmgandhi

        @pmgandhi @sapinker whoa. it sounds like ladders is the threat. someone tell the NSA to stake out hardware stores.

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      1. Sharafuddin Malik‏ @sharafmalik 7 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker Terrorism is not about numbers of people being killed, but the number of living dead shrouded in apprehensiveness over generations

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      1. Sue Heath‏ @sueellendarling 7 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker Roosevelt said it: we have nothing to fear but fear itself. Not quite nothing, but we make the situation worse by panicking.

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      1. jcscaliger‏ @jcscaliger 7 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker That’s why they call it “terrorism”!

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      1. Carolina Iribarren‏ @Ciribarr 7 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker Does intentional killing count?

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      1. Peter‏ @weiqigod 7 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker strange how a people that celebrates macho culture the way americans do, is so easily frightened..

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      1. (((Christian JB)))  🐌‏ @christianjbdev 7 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker Two rungs don't make a right.

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      1. Stephanie Lawless‏ @steflawless 7 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker Interesting piece- makes one think of how hyped up airports are and why

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