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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 11 Nov 2013

    Pseudoscientist Rupert Sheldrake Is Not Being Persecuted, And Is Not Like Galileo | New Republichttp://on.tnr.com/1buRWeW 

    9:36 AM - 11 Nov 2013
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      1. Margaret O'Hara‏ @quizicist 11 Nov 2013
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        MT“@sapinker: Pseudoscientist Rupert Sheldrake Is Not Being Persecuted, And Is Not Like Galileo http://on.tnr.com/1buRWeW ” @lecanardnoir

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      1. Tom Fahy‏ @tomfahy 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker good article

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      1. Peter Wolf #PeoplesBrexit #PeoplesRef #PeopleVoted‏ @PeterWolfffff 17 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @ProfBrianCox Low grade article contrasted by the far more informative comment section

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      1. Smallbore&Schpin...‏ @LuftSchuftweg 12 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @ProfBrianCox Gotcha! Smallbore.

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      1. Bill Haines‏ @idpetition 12 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @tnr "Science Is Not Your Enemy", Steven Pinkerhttp://www.huffingtonpost.ca/bill-haines/science-is-not-your-ememy_b_3973038.html …

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      1. Peter‏ @JeffmanPete 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @ProfBrianCox Haha :) Also Deepak certainly makes damn sure everyone knows he does not know what "militant" means.

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      1. Rowan Boyles‏ @samurow 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker This is so tedious

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      1. Jac‏ @godlessveggie 11 Nov 2013
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        RT “@sapinker: Pseudoscientist Rupert Sheldrake Is Not Being Persecuted, And Is Not Like Galileo | New Republic http://on.tnr.com/1buRWeW ”

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      1. michael duggan‏ @parapsiboy 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @ProfBrianCox This article fails to address anything other than Coyne's infantile prejudice, certainly not the evidence for psi.

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      1. Luke M‏ @lukeamahan 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @ProfBrianCox The comments on that just sent me down a rabbit hole, from which I emerge with a whole lot less hope for humanity

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      1. Eli Skjeseth‏ @eliskjeseth 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker How is this article helpful for understanding anything? Well educated people barking at each other from their guts?

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      1. Greg Charnock‏ @gregcharnock7 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @ProfBrianCox Coxy, any chance memory can be studied at a quantum level, and no I don't believe in ghosts!

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      1. Chris Vernon‏ @clv101 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker This article seems a little OTT! Thought @RupertSheldrake's "10 dogmas of modern science" was interesting:http://wariscrime.com/new/the-ten-dogmas-of-modern-science/ …

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      1. Suresh  🔥‏ @captaink99 11 Nov 2013
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        . @sapinker @ProfBrianCox he should still be respected as a scientists regardless of your narrow science world-view #ScienceFundamentalism

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      1. bob the eagle‏ @bob_cpfc 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @ProfBrianCox Promote nonsense, lose the respect of the scientific community; them's the breaks. Its not persecution, it's reality

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      1. Robert Price‏ @DRobertPrice 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @ProfBrianCox having Chopra back you is like having Stevie Wonder telling you he likes your shirt! #thoweloveStevie

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      1. TychaBrahe‏ @TychaBrahe 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker To paraphrase Sagan, "Yes, they laughed at Galileo and Einstein, but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." @ProfBrianCox

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      1. Phil D‏ @PhilOpineZ 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker Thanks for posting this article. I read it on a train, sadly not a steam train ... Woo Woo!!

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      1. Chris Maslanka‏ @ChrisMaslanka 11 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker Well, Auntie doesn't hire enough science graduates, so she might not realise this is withering poppycock.

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