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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 29 Jul 2014

    Wm Deresiewicz: Ivy students tend to be "out-of-touch, entitled little shits." An entitled little shit replies.http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118869/william-deresiewicz-ivy-league-essay-ignores-financial-aid-students …

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      1. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 29 Jul 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        . @sapinker It's horseshit to define any human beings as little shits or big shits. See The Sickness of Self-Esteem:http://youtu.be/z4AOwmqTGPY 

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      2. SometimesAlways‏ @haberdasher01 29 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @JeffreyGuterman wherever you attend. The reward is the degree. A transplanted NY'er coined term 'Kudzu League' schools as country

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      3. SometimesAlways‏ @haberdasher01 29 Jul 2014
        Replying to @haberdasher01

        @sapinker @JeffreyGuterman laughs... giving up... keep losing last part. Hopeful someone finds it. Missing from view. :) ☮

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      4. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 29 Jul 2014
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        . @liketunnels She ruled the toads of the short forest... http://youtu.be/ZSsRTuXfAUc 

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      1. Michael‏ @mmay3r 29 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker more ivy navel gazing? No thanks.

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      1. (((LS Mitchell)))‏ @LSMitchell 29 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @WDeresiewicz is right. Education sys for most part is manufacturing unquestioning, automatons. I think Peter Gray would agree.

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      2. Nick Krasney‏ @nickkrasney 29 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @benburns ...to dedicate a full sentence to "the growing number of elite students entering consulting or finance upon graduation."

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      3. benburns‏ @benburns 29 Jul 2014
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        @nickkrasney hm?

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      4. Nick Krasney‏ @nickkrasney 29 Jul 2014
        Replying to @benburns

        @benburns "Deresiewicz may have reason to cast a critical eye..."

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      5. benburns‏ @benburns 29 Jul 2014
        Replying to @nickkrasney

        @nickkrasney I'm with him on that, critical eye warranted - although finance is also understandable as curiosity or simply following the $.

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      1. Ollie Nanyes‏ @OllieNanyes 29 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker One must distinguish between the statistical and the individual; you do that in your books very well.

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      1. SometimesAlways‏ @haberdasher01 29 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @JeffreyGuterman As 'out of touch' grad, feel gratitude/appreciation for my education. What you put in is what you get out with..

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      1. Chris OKeeffe‏ @cmokeeffe54 29 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker Worth it just for the last line! P.S. I'm the guy who used to solicit your annual United Way gift. Hope you're still giving ;)

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      1. Underdog‏ @rdbrewer4 29 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker A specific example to refute a general proposition?

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