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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 10 Feb 2014

    A mind is a terrible thing to waste: ingenuity applied to rationalize the preposterous in today's NYT-http://goo.gl/Mik8B6 

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      1. RonWatts‏ @wrongwatch 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Which is it, education or religion. Universities should not supply degrees to people with "beliefs".

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      1. Brian D. Tucker‏ @BrianDTucker 12 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Some think Plantinga is the best philosopher Xianity has to offer... Oh well...

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      1. Niall Flinn‏ @niallflinn 12 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker @philosophybites Love this euphemism: "That does seem to be a hard conclusion to accept". So polite!

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      1. Simon Byrne‏ @byrne_simon 11 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker @philosophybites

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      1. Frank J. Ranelli‏ @FrankJRanelli 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Perhaps one of the best (or worst) examples of sophistry, apologetics & woo melded into one, utterly inane argument.

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      1. Alexey G‏ @GAlexeyG 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker Ssad when philosophers promote ignorance. AP must be aware that agnosticism is lack of knowledge and atheism is lack of belief.

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      1. bruce turnbull‏ @turnie3 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker A mind is a terrible thing to pollute Thanks religion MemeticMadnessMachine Chief Sponsors VCityCorp @GodlessTwat @rickygervais

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      1. Dave Dodo‏ @davedodo 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker Is it time to quote Cicero yet?

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      1. Celladore Violet‏ @CelladoreViolet 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker Looks like my "belief" in evolution isn't so rational after all... Hold on, lemme go ask the invisible guy in the sky, he'll know

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      1. Jens Knocke‏ @JensKnocke 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker Gosh! Beautiful!

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      1. Tarcisio Pequeno‏ @tpequeno 10 Feb 2014
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        Much ado about nothing: "@sapinker: A mind is a terrible thing to waste ... in today's NYT- http://goo.gl/Mik8B6 ”

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      1. wakingup‏ @sh33pl 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker "a belief isn't a physical thing, so evolution isn't true."

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      1. git branch wtf && git push -u omg wtf‏ @RandomNoun7 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Some of the most impressively self deluding mental gymnastics I've read in a very long time.

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      1. Ice cold in Alex‏ @axleranges 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg I think I just trod in something more philosophically enlightening than this buffoon.

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      1. Aleksi Roinila‏ @aleroi 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg How can a person with the logical faculties of a 3rd grader have been a professor of philosophy in any university?

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      1. Joshua Lord‏ @joshualord2700 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker elevate*

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      1. Joshua Lord‏ @joshualord2700 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker "Sensus divinitatis": a way to evelate subjective, cognitive-bias influenced conviction to objective verification. Scraping barrel

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      1. Zed Is Not Here‏ @ZedtheVulcan 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker The teapotists at least have a teapot to piss in.

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      1. Jesper Wille‏ @jwcph 10 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker Weird to still use the fine tuning argument which was preemptively debunked by Douglas Adams in his wonderful 2001 "Parrots" talk

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