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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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pinker.wjh.harvard.edu
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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 4 Dec 2013

    The most intellectual joke you know: An idiot's guide to the Reddit thread. http://slate.me/189CHeh 

    6:19 AM - 4 Dec 2013
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      1. (((Keith)))‏ @kkaplan 4 Dec 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker @Slate Q: What is Benoit B. Mandelbrot’s middle name? A: Benoit B. Mandelbrot!

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      1. DisgruntledFeminist‏ @SanskariStree 4 Dec 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker this is an old one, but thanks for posting it anyway.

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      2. Chiel Mues‏ @Mu3ske 4 Dec 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker I still don't get the Sartre joke.

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      2. Kamal Phil‏ @kamalphil 4 Dec 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Sir, My study is increasingly being corroborated ,with the latest incident : first time Iceland -police had to kill a violent man

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      4. Kamal Phil‏ @kamalphil 4 Dec 2013
        Replying to @Billinsiheung

        @Billinsiheung I am an ENTITY BY MYSELF and BESIDE MYSELF

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      2. Gary Else‏ @Gazzarazz 4 Dec 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @maatilda Not sure what it says about me but I laughed at nearly all of them (without the explanation).

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      3. Anne Aflaxis‏ @RealMaatilda 4 Dec 2013
        Replying to @Gazzarazz

        @Gazzarazz ...so did you spot how NASA could lose Deep Impact recently ? :-)) @sapinker

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      4. Gary Else‏ @Gazzarazz 4 Dec 2013
        Replying to @RealMaatilda

        @maatilda @sapinker No. ??

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      5. Anne Aflaxis‏ @RealMaatilda 4 Dec 2013
        Replying to @Gazzarazz

        @Gazzarazz The dozen loaves of bread. #Programming101 loop&branching - boolean logic. Trap for the unanticipated intergalactic possibility!

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      6. Gary Else‏ @Gazzarazz 4 Dec 2013
        Replying to @RealMaatilda

        @maatilda I'll use the hammer, you hold the nail, and when you're ready nod your head and I'll hit it. If I miss - good or bad?

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      1. Huey Nym‏ @hueynym 23 Dec 2013
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        @sapinker @warrenleighttv "What did Napoleon say?" "Of corse" #transliteratingFromFrenchNeverWorks

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      1. John‏ @johnpm 10 Dec 2013
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        @sapinker Sorry we don't serve neutrinos a neutrino walks into the bar. Heard that during the faster than light neutrino experiment error

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      1. Tammy‏ @zongrik 5 Dec 2013
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        rt @sapinker The most intellectual joke you know: An idiot's guide to the Reddit thread. http://slate.me/189CHeh  @RONIWIESS

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      1. Ari‏ @Mr88AG 4 Dec 2013
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        @sapinker What do you call it when your Android auto-corrects your intended word to a different one? A Droidian Slip (my own original)

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      1. Paula Chertok 🗽‏ @PaulaChertok 4 Dec 2013
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        You don't have to be Sartre to enjoy these intellectual jokes: An idiot's guide to the Reddit thread. http://slate.me/189CHeh  h/t @sapinker

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