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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 12 Oct 2014

    On the Mechanics of Defamation : Sam Harris: http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/on-the-mechanics-of-defamation#.VDsSLTPpryM.twitter … via @samharrisorg

    9:45 PM - 12 Oct 2014
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      2. Peter Slezak‏ @SlezakPeter 12 Oct 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker Irony: @SamHarrisOrg's explanation applies to OUR OWN leaders: Beliefs inspiring acts of extraordinary violence against others.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. John Salisbury‏ @jtlsalisbury 13 Oct 2014
        Replying to @SlezakPeter

        @SlezakPeter @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Sometimes I wonder if Sam even SEES Palestinian suffering.Consistency please.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Ian Tremblay‏ @ian_tremblay 14 Oct 2014
        Replying to @jtlsalisbury

        @jtlsalisbury @SlezakPeter @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Harris repeatedly states Palestinians are suffering. Please read before commenting.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Peter Slezak‏ @SlezakPeter 14 Oct 2014
        Replying to @ian_tremblay

        @ian_tremblay @jtlsalisbury @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg I read him. He thinks Muslims have only theological grievances against the West. Got it.

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      6. Ian Tremblay‏ @ian_tremblay 14 Oct 2014
        Replying to @SlezakPeter

        @SlezakPeter @jtlsalisbury @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg No, he doesn't. How well do you read again? And who's "the West,"?

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      7. Peter Slezak‏ @SlezakPeter 14 Oct 2014
        Replying to @ian_tremblay

        .@ian_tremblay @jtlsalisbury Read my article on religion of State Worship by @sapinker @SamHarrisOrghttp://overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-205/feature-peter-slezak/ …

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      8. Joseph Kurtz‏ @joe_K67 14 Oct 2014
        Replying to @SlezakPeter

        @SlezakPeter Peter great article [Hitchens is no highbrow his arguments jejune] unfortuntely 2014 a peak year for Western/violence/blindness

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      9. Joseph Kurtz‏ @joe_K67 14 Oct 2014
        Replying to @joe_K67

        @SlezakPeter Hey @PhillipAdams_1 why not hav MORE ppl like Peter on rather than constant stream of US_NATO propgandists from think tanks/MSM

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      2. Hesham‏ @heshaaam 13 Oct 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @edge @SamHarrisOrg The context still does not justify killing people based on their beliefs. Only actions justify actions.

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      3. Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg 13 Oct 2014
        Replying to @heshaaam

        @heshaaam @sapinker @edge You're not understanding my discussion of beliefs as principles of action.

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      1. Matt Johnson‏ @mattjj89 12 Oct 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Would @rezaaslan and @ggreenwald call Harris a "genocidal fascist maniac" in front of a respectable audience?

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      1. Rob Jinman‏ @RJinman 13 Oct 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Moralistic bullying. It's always been our problem. Some get off on moralizing. Apes competing for social dominance.

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      1. Ezrahauden‏ @Ezrahauden 12 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Pinker in the hizzy!

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      1. Michael Y. Simon‏ @SupportingTeens 12 Oct 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Pinker is on the side of Sam Harris? Just makes it much clearer about who's wrong (as if there was doubt).

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      2. Lanet‏ @lanet 12 Oct 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg . The (3) WTC buildings on 9/11 were NUKED. Bombs were planted by Israeli "art students" (Mossad) provd by US.

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      3. Brent Stephens‏ @brentous 12 Oct 2014
        Replying to @lanet

        @lanet @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Consider the possibility that you will one day be embarrassed at having believed this and spoken it out loud.

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      1. George Noid‏ @georgenoid 17 Oct 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg Sam, you said it is justified to kill taliban. How is that different than what was quoted by the user on twitter?

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      1. Sam Harris‏ @SamHarrisb0rg 14 Oct 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg I'm in the middle of writing a piece titled "Mechanics of Using Rational Language Irrationally" - it's a memoir.

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