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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 15 Jan 2015

    The roots of terrorism: Insights from actual research on actual terrorists.http://www.nature.com/news/looking-for-the-roots-of-terrorism-1.16732 …

    6:32 PM - 15 Jan 2015
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      1. Paul McLaughlin‏ @pmclaughlin01 15 Jan 2015
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        “@sapinker: The roots of terrorism: Insights from actual research on actual terrorists. http://www.nature.com/news/looking-for-the-roots-of-terrorism-1.16732 …” Astonishing Statistics.

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      1. Jim Rose‏ @JimRose69872629 23 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Radical Islam is defining oppositional identity of choice of today’s generation of angry young men & women

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      1. Roxane‏ @brigadam 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Maybe Scott should read Maajid's book- Radical

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      1. Roxane‏ @brigadam 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker That mirrors somewhat Maajid's story. A young man with a grievance found an ideology that fixed it; his was racism (being brown)

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      1. FalconCrest‏ @TheTheGrinch7 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @fredsgarden What all these terrorists have in common: a barbaric ideology. Hey, @HillaryClinton , empathy won't work.

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      1. Bruce‏ @WSIB_Paralegal 16 Jan 2015
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        Go ahead, commit sociology. Roots of #terrorism: Insights from actual research on actual terrorists. http://www.nature.com/news/looking-for-the-roots-of-terrorism-1.16732 … via @sapinker

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      1. satyendraprasad‏ @satyendra_pd 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker ...well! However, problem is not with hunger, problem is with the foods and their shops...

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      1. Ronnie Corvid‏ @ronniecorvid 15 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker can someone conduct an ethnographic study at Fox News HQ now, just for balance?

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      1. Fredrik Andersson‏ @enFredrikA 15 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Sure! But they are bonding around something, and that something for a reason.

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      1. Mark Erickson‏ @wegianshooter 15 Jan 2015
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        “@sapinker: The roots of terrorism: Insights from actual research on actual terrorists. http://www.nature.com/news/looking-for-the-roots-of-terrorism-1.16732 …” @SamHarrisOrg is an idiot

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      1. Bernard H. ✡️‏ @yeshuabyoseph 15 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Power to that research! Gee whiz! But U have Geopolitics,a (very) suspect paradigm,malignant empowerment for the Jihadist,and more

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      1. Aidan EYAKUZE‏ @aeyakuze 15 Jan 2015
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        RT @sapinker: The roots of terrorism: Insights from actual research on actual terrorists. http://www.nature.com/news/looking-for-the-roots-of-terrorism-1.16732 … < as opposed to fake ones?

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      1. Casual Avocado‏ @Casual_Avocado 15 Jan 2015
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        “@sapinker: The roots of terrorism: Insights from actual research on actual terrorists. http://www.nature.com/news/looking-for-the-roots-of-terrorism-1.16732 …” @SamHarrisOrg Atran...

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      1. Eric García-López  🧠 ⚖️‏ @ericgarcialopez 15 Jan 2015
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        “@sapinker: The roots of terrorism: Insights from actual research on actual terrorists. http://www.nature.com/news/looking-for-the-roots-of-terrorism-1.16732 …”

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      1. Ian P. Cox‏ @ianpcox 15 Jan 2015
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        “@sapinker: The roots of terrorism: Insights from actual research on actual terrorists. http://www.nature.com/news/looking-for-the-roots-of-terrorism-1.16732 …” would like more bio-anthro

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      1. I Could Be Wrong‏ @dansblog1 15 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Next: The roots of finance explored by interviewing actual bank tellers

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      1. Vincent Commisso‏ @crackpotrealism 15 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker While I'm not discounting sociological factors there is nothing here re: the political factors that "actual terrorists" have cited

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      1. Chris Watson‏ @Birds_Central 15 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @hicknaslett "actual terrorists"! There you go.

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