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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 13 Jan 2015

    The Charlie Hebdo killers: How religious blinders led to murder http://ti.me/1AS1AYX  via @TIMEIdeas

    3:41 PM - 13 Jan 2015
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      2. Chris Mahan‏ @chris_mahan 13 Jan 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @mlhetland @TIMEIdeas Inability to think critically comes from uneducated brains. Good reading educates brains. Write better.

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      3. Magnus Lie Hetland‏ @mlhetland 14 Jan 2015
        Replying to @chris_mahan

        @chris_mahan You think this was poorly written, then?

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      4. Chris Mahan‏ @chris_mahan 14 Jan 2015
        Replying to @mlhetland

        @mlhetland and if writers write well, kids will read, kids will develop their brain, will learn critical thinking. Indoctrination will fail.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      5. Chris Mahan‏ @chris_mahan 14 Jan 2015
        Replying to @chris_mahan

        @mlhetland This btw has essentially become my personal goal.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Magnus Lie Hetland‏ @mlhetland 14 Jan 2015
        Replying to @chris_mahan

        @chris_mahan Good goal. My aims are certainly (perhaps unsurprisingly) similar/overlapping.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Chris Mahan‏ @chris_mahan 14 Jan 2015
        Replying to @mlhetland

        @mlhetland Essentially, kids who read young become lifelong learners, enjoy reading. You?

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      8. Magnus Lie Hetland‏ @mlhetland 14 Jan 2015
        Replying to @chris_mahan

        @chris_mahan Well, I teach comp.sci. at a university, and write books/course material and research papers. Fiction only an ambition so far.

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      1. Alex Haslam‏ @alexanderhaslam 13 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @jayvanbavel @TIMEIdeas Good article but I'm not convinced by the invocation of evidence from the SPE; see: http://psp.sagepub.com/content/33/5/615.short …

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      1. Frank J. Ranelli‏ @FrankJRanelli 13 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @TIMEIdeas Another disappointing article of religious apologia and, at times, reads more like Karen Armstrong than @SamHarrisOrg .

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      1. Sisyphus  🌑‏ @jjcrazi 13 Jan 2015
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        Some citations re atheists being more dishonest etc needed! @sapinker @TIMEIdeas

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      1. Jacob Shelby‏ @thejacobshelby 13 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @TIMEIdeas "53% of Americans agree that religious belief makes you more ethical", 42% percent of Americans are creationists.

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      1. Jacob Shelby‏ @thejacobshelby 13 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @TIMEIdeas "...religious people are more likely to do good than other people." according to?

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      2. Rob Ward‏ @Wardiator 13 Jan 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @TIMEIdeas Atheism (which provides no basis for objective right out wrong) can say what exactly about the killings?

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      3. Nik‏ @_NIKD_ 13 Jan 2015
        Replying to @Wardiator

        @Wardiator You really wanna parse this? Is something good b/c your God commands it? Or does your God command it b/c it's good?

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      4. Rob Ward‏ @Wardiator 13 Jan 2015
        Replying to @_NIKD_

        @_NIKD_ Neither. Evidently you are unaware of the Christian response to your statement.

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      5. Nik‏ @_NIKD_ 13 Jan 2015
        Replying to @Wardiator

        @Wardiator Yeah? You're going to move it one rung up the ladder to "nature" and be stuck w/the same issue.

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      6. Rob Ward‏ @Wardiator 13 Jan 2015
        Replying to @_NIKD_

        @_NIKD_ what do you mean by nature?

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      7. Nik‏ @_NIKD_ 13 Jan 2015
        Replying to @Wardiator

        @Wardiator Most Xtians say goodness is inherent in God's nature. What's your original objection?

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      8. Rob Ward‏ @Wardiator 13 Jan 2015
        Replying to @_NIKD_

        @_NIKD_ my objection? That atheists like Steve Pinker should stop borrowing Christian morality.

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      9. Nik‏ @_NIKD_ 13 Jan 2015
        Replying to @Wardiator

        @Wardiator Oh my... And what exactly is "Christian" morality?

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