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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 31 Jul 2014

    I made The Onion! http://www.theonion.com/articles/psychology-comes-to-halt-as-weary-researchers-say,36586/ … via @TheOnion

    6:30 PM - 31 Jul 2014
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    26 replies 109 retweets 178 likes
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      2. Please Vote or We All Die‏Verified account @xiankiefer 31 Jul 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @TheOnion Finally you is famous!

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      3. Please Vote or We All Die‏Verified account @xiankiefer 31 Jul 2014
        Replying to @xiankiefer

        The day @sapinker follows me is the day i know I am truly somebody. 135K followers but only 31 follows. 31 riders of unicorns on rainbows.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Stephan Brun‏ @tibfulv 1 Aug 2014
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        I see @TheOnion spotted the 'science doesn't work in psychology' meme. :D @sapinker

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      1. Shane Kummer‏ @SEKummer 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @TheOnion Only The Simpsons to go now

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      1. Kitusai & Bohdan‏ @KitusaiBohdan 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @TheOnion It's like having Weird Al spoof your song.

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      1. LW4SP‏ @LW4SP 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker Here's our favorite Onion discovery.http://www.theonion.com/articles/scientists-trace-heat-wave-to-massive-star-at-cent,21088/ …

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      1. Lisa Rogers‏ @hylidaeny 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @TheOnion Congratulations, sir - your work here is done.

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      1. Don Bacho‏ @donbacho 23 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @TheOnion but they painted you as a stubborn positivist!

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      1. Jeremy Aspen‏ @jeremyaspen 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @TheOnion GREAT POINT!

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      1. Dennis Rydgren‏ @dennisrydgren 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @TheOnion And then we can't say anything about the universe, because we are the universe looking at itself #folly

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      1. David Kennerly‏ @DavidKennerly 31 Jul 2014
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        Did they quote you accurately? @sapinker @TheOnion

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      1. Steve Murray‏ @SteveMurrayM4 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker In your face Nobel...

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      1. YoYo Bean‏ @dancingspring 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker: I made The Onion! ~Steven Pinker, holding up a glass jar of brain dearly, before his eyes, “Look,brain!", he says to Dawkins.

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      1. david ropeik‏ @dropeik 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @TheOnion Jeez, now I'm REALLY impressed. And I love the piece itself.

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      1. Kevin F. Johnston‏ @TheRealKFJ 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @TheOnion Congrats Steven. Did that quote of yours come from your mind or from the mind of the quartz?

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      1. Smiles, FreeRaifBadawi‏ @BJPrice1 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @hemantmehta @TheOnion Hahaha. NOW you are famous! Well done, it's an honour.

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      1. Hasn't yet used the new longer Twit handles‏ @nucAmbiguous 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @TheOnion So do they ask permission for a parody quote?

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      1. Dolores Fuller‏ @fuller_dolores 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @TheOnion The desire for recognition from The Onion originates in the hippocampus.

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      1. sassydew‏ @sassydew 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @TheOnion Now you know that you've "arrived". ;-)

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