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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 20 Apr 2014

    What's with Salon? House organ for the Vatican? Every week there's another lame argument for the existence of God. http://goo.gl/TstXT7 

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      1. Mike Blejer‏ @MikeBlejer 20 Apr 2014
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        .@sapinker Alls I'm saying is: You cannot disprove my belief that @RichardDawkins is secretly God, and just has a wicked sense of irony.

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      1. Close-up‏ @slygote 20 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker for what it's worth, this same guy was on Science Friday this weekhttp://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/04/18/2014/amir-aczel-why-science-does-not-disprove-god.html …

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      1. Kevin Hendzel‏ @Kevin_Hendzel 20 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker People still read @Salon? Good writers left long ago and long-form writing was replaced by 250-word click-bait silliness. Sad.

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      1. K Johnson‏ @ASpinOfTheWheel 20 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker Wasn't "Edie Brickel & The New Atheists" a 80's band? They even had a song about God or Dog or Something.

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      1. John Ettorre‏ @workinwithwords 20 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker Pinker, seek some counseling. You're a timely reminder that purely intellectual smarts don't get you very far.

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      1. Couch.Mamba‏ @couchmamba 20 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker I'm glad to see you are in the holiday spirit.

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      1.  ⛺️ Anarcopapi‏ @anarcopapi 20 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker It's a cul-de-sac: for every god of the gaps there is a science of the gaps, ad nauseam.

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      1. Donny Pauling‏ @donnypauling 20 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker Why the obsession with something you don't believe?

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      1. raul penaranda‏ @rapella 20 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker "We’re happy only as long as we don’t know something." Your quoting Chomsky on 'problems and mysteries' springs to mind ..

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      1. Simon Cossar‏ @scossar 20 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker the common concept of God is silly, but it is frustrating that the new-atheists are unwilling to examine their own assumptions.

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      1. DAVID PETROPOULOS‏ @dspetro 20 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker Are you expecting an argument without lame?

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      1. Faris‏Verified account @faris 20 Apr 2014
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        God in the gaps silliness “@sapinker: What's with Salon? Every week another lame argument for the existence of God. http://goo.gl/TstXT7 ”

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