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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 1 Aug 2014

    Why does Hollywood promote scientific idiocy? Excellent review of "Lucy" by Douglas Fields. http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/2014/07/cinema-peer-review-lucy/ … via @WorldSciFest

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      1. Thomas Britton‏ @frog_in_Xwalk 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @WorldSciFest if you want more brain science tell @ABCNetwork to #renewblackbox Show is better than HouseMD was, it's genius.

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      1. Amy Holden Jones‏Verified account @aholdenj 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker have you watched #blackbox? Now at iTunes. You were an inspiration. It's the only neuroscience show on tv. Great brain cases

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      1. Applied Genomics‏ @appliedgenomics 1 Aug 2014
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        The joke's on you @sapinker and @WorldSciFest - Luc Besson only used 10% of his brain to make the movie.

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      2. Amy Holden Jones‏Verified account @aholdenj 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @WorldSciFest because they sell fantasy. Sex and violence, superstition sell. I created #blackbox for 21st c brains. We in 19th

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      3. Amy Holden Jones‏Verified account @aholdenj 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @WorldSciFest and we are fighting for our life. Abc now airing a fantasy reality game show in our spot. Our season just ended.

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      2. Tim Elsey‏ @elset 1 Aug 2014
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        @aimeeelsey “@sapinker: Why does Hollywood promote scientific idiocy?review of "Lucy" by Douglas Fields. http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/2014/07/cinema-peer-review-lucy/ … ”

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      3. Aimee Elsey‏ @aimeeelsey 1 Aug 2014
        Replying to @elset

        @elset @sapinker ugh don't even get me started. Everything about that movie is wrong. Everything.

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      2. Brent‏ @BrentVisser_ 1 Aug 2014
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        "@sapinker: Why does Hollywood promote scientific idiocy? Excellent review of "Lucy" by Douglas Fields. http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/2014/07/cinema-peer-review-lucy/ …" @CoertVisser

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      3. Coert Visser‏ @CoertVisser 2 Aug 2014
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        @BrentApplejuice Three Myths About the Brain http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/opinion/sunday/three-myths-about-the-brain.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0&referrer= … by @GregoryHickok

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      4. Brent‏ @BrentVisser_ 2 Aug 2014
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        @CoertVisser @GregoryHickok thumbs up

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      1. withoutgod.co.uk‏ @athitwit 2 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @WorldSciFest TBF whilst the science may be tosh, its difficult to object to entertaining fiction that highlights human potential?

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      1. Richard Washington‏ @argumentumuk 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @WorldSciFest I don't think it does. Scientifically literate viewers can distinguish fact/fiction. It is not an edcational film.

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      1. philip osoff‏ @philipose66 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @WorldSciFest sadly scientific intelligence is not primary. creationism taught in public schools? please

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      1. Danny Foxz‏ @danny_foxz 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker Good friends gives u the best.Bad friends gives u experience.Click to download inspiring country soundshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/daniel-afranie/id875915623?uo=4 …

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      1. Searching for Telos‏ @searching4telos 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @WorldSciFest Nice Review. Lucy is a fiction tale. I think movie makers have to be careful to not completely misrepresent biology.

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      1. Racheal Joy Erickson‏ @rachealjoy 1 Aug 2014
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        That whole 10% of our brain thing...Not a real thing-Review of "Lucy" by Douglas Fields. http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/2014/07/cinema-peer-review-lucy/ … via @WorldSciFest @sapinker

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      1. Herb Hunter‏ @HerbHunterJr 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @WorldSciFest Some movie producers assume the public is more uninformed and disinterested in facts than they.

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      1. Karen L Shepherd‏ @Kaz_Shepherd 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @WorldSciFest my guess would be £ $ £ ?

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      1. shannon scott‏ @sgordonscott 1 Aug 2014
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        @sapinker @WorldSciFest because it sells. What else ya got?

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