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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 3 Nov 2013

    Should theology (as opposed to history, philology, & philosophy of religions) be supported by universities?http://bit.ly/1cF0ZdS 

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      2. Ricardo Javier Coto  🇺🇸‏ @RJCoto 3 Nov 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker hey let's start teaching astrology while we're at it.

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      1. Victor "Punch Nazis" Licata‏ @VictorLicata1 6 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker On occasion Alan Watts makes a good point, theology is a tool for Xian's to reduce all thought to Xian terms. @RichardDawkins

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      1. Mel McGuire‏ @meljmcguire 3 Nov 2013
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        .@sapinker @Evolutionistrue A last point. Philosophy matters b/c ideas matter and fundamental ideas matter most.

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      1. Mel McGuire‏ @meljmcguire 3 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue I see epistemology as the critical philosophic field.Religion gets away w cognitive murder w little opposition.

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      1. Andrew Garford Moore‏ @GarfordMoore 3 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker If enough people are interested in studying it I don't see a problem. Not my cup of tea though.

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      1. powerful lesbian‏ @scathashadow 3 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker no. We do not need theology in any universities. Philosophy of religion? Yes. Theology? No. Fuck no.

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      2.  🌿 PanDeism: Oneness matters  🌌‏ @Pandeism 4 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @completeculture Only if #Pandeism is properly taught as the most logical and supercessory theological model.

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      2. Katherine Bryant‏ @EvoNeuro 6 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @JFGariepy Since when must scholarship be profitable?

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      3. J.-François  🐭 Gariépy‏ @JFGariepy 6 Nov 2013
        Replying to @EvoNeuro

        @EvoNeuro @sapinker If I read his point correctly he does not mean it has to be profitable, but that we should avoid it being a total waste.

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      4. Katherine Bryant‏ @EvoNeuro 6 Nov 2013
        Replying to @JFGariepy

        @JFGariepy @sapinker Perhaps, but it fits well into the increasing corporatization mindset of the academy, a trend I find troubling

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      5. J.-François  🐭 Gariépy‏ @JFGariepy 6 Nov 2013
        Replying to @EvoNeuro

        @EvoNeuro @sapinker I agree with that, but my interpretation of his text is that it is "intellectually wasteful" rather than economically.

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      6. Katherine Bryant‏ @EvoNeuro 6 Nov 2013
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        @JFGariepy @sapinker From the piece: "And it’s a waste of time, and money—the money of those people who pay theologians or buy their books."

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      7. J.-François  🐭 Gariépy‏ @JFGariepy 6 Nov 2013
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        @EvoNeuro @sapinker I did see this. But what is meant is that it is a waste because not contributing efficiently to the intellectual debate.

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      8. Katherine Bryant‏ @EvoNeuro 6 Nov 2013
        Replying to @JFGariepy

        @JFGariepy @sapinker It seems pretty literal to me. Besides, how would you measure the efficiency of intellectual contributions?

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      9. J.-François  🐭 Gariépy‏ @JFGariepy 6 Nov 2013
        Replying to @EvoNeuro

        @EvoNeuro @sapinker An important question in epistemology. One position is that knowledge has to improve predictive power on future events.

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      1. Eric Pelletier‏ @Type1Eric 8 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker Why are they or do they have to be separate?

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      1. نوون‏ @blu_noon 6 Nov 2013
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        Interesting read RT @sapinker @JFGariepy " http://bit.ly/1cF0ZdS "

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      1. Katherine Bryant‏ @EvoNeuro 6 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker And great stuff comes out of this work, even for skeptics, like Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus http://amzn.to/ZhPgf8 

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