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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 4 Sep 2014

    The Trouble With Harvard (my reply to the New Republic article on the Ivy League): http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119321/harvard-ivy-league-should-judge-students-standardized-tests … via @tnr

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      1. Unsilenced Science‏ @UnsilencedSci 5 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @tnr "SAT doesn’t track SES all that closely" Indeed: Parents’ Income is a Poor Predictor of SAT Score http://tinyurl.com/qzr6llr 

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      1. Alec Levin‏ @levin_alec 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker laying the smack down on Deresiewicz. a skill you picked up playing road hockey in the cold streets of montreal? #Gohabsgo?

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      2. Paula Chertok 🗽‏ @PaulaChertok 5 Sep 2014
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        Been waiting for this: MT @sapinker: The Trouble With Harvard (reply to the TNR article on the Ivy League): http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119321/harvard-ivy-league-should-judge-students-standardized-tests … via @tnr

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      3. Paula Chertok 🗽‏ @PaulaChertok 5 Sep 2014
        Replying to @PaulaChertok

        I'm still waiting for the defense of athletics as top-line criterion at the Ivies. Smacks a bit Aryan to me. @sapinker @tnr @lukobe

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      2. Robin Debreuil‏ @debreuil 4 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker Have you ever considered gathering a team and founding a university based on these ideas? I suspect it would flourish.

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      3. John‏ @JohnAylwin 5 Sep 2014
        Replying to @debreuil

        @debreuil https://www.nchum.org/faculty/psychology …

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      4. Robin Debreuil‏ @debreuil 5 Sep 2014
        Replying to @JohnAylwin

        @JohnAylwin oh, interesting - thanks for the link : )

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      1. Adam Flick‏ @abflick 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @tnr brilliant takedown. bravo.

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      1. Renee‏ @rjoublin 7 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @tnr Astonishing that discrimination is seen in anything and everything, and all the ills of the world blamed on discrimination.

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      1. Edupath‏ @edupath 7 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @tnr there may be tests to adequately measure attributes desirable to colleges but not SAT-too easy to increase scores w/ free app

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      1. Alberto. Striedinger‏ @astriedinger 7 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @tnr Thank you both for your articles. It is nice to have this "debate" written =).

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      1. Dr Clare Conry-Murray‏ @cconrymurray 7 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @tnr GREAT article. Unfortunately, sports over science starts early.

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      1. jcscaliger‏ @jcscaliger 6 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @tnr Great piece, but putting SJG and Gladwell in the same category of “popular writers” is a despicable blow to a dead adversary

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      1. László Sándor‏ @laszloecon 6 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @tnr Algorithmic admission can kill the bond between kid/scholar and college, mutually chosen. Other countries lack school spirit.

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      1. chris‏ @madisoncmt 6 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @tnr just FYI bluto blutarsky went to Dartmouth (animal house was modeled after some frat there).

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      1. Bill Stahr‏ @BillyWooStahr 5 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker awesome!

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      1. Joe Fero‏ @joeyfero 5 Sep 2014
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        Ivy reply RT@sapinker: The Trouble With Harvard (my reply to the New Republic article on the Ivy League): http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119321/harvard-ivy-league-should-judge-students-standardized-tests … via @tnr”

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      1. Anita Kissée‏ @anitakissee 5 Sep 2014
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        “@sapinker: The Trouble With Harvard (my reply to the New Republic article on the Ivy League): http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119321/harvard-ivy-league-should-judge-students-standardized-tests … via @tnr”

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