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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 25 Jan 2015

    No, Astrobiology Has Not Made the Case for God http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/astrobiology-made-case-god … via @newyorker

    9:35 AM - 25 Jan 2015
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      1. ダニィ東京  🇯🇵 🇪🇺‏ @danielberlin 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        Very interesting article about evolution “@sapinker: No, Astrobiology Has Not Made the Case for God http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/astrobiology-made-case-god … via @newyorker”

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      1. WXRISK.COM‏ @WXRISKCOM 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @NewYorker GREaT ESSAY

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      1. Mary Adler‏ @MaryMaryAdler 25 Jan 2015
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        Following the logic in this argument. MT “@sapinker: Astrobiology Has Not Made the Case for God http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/astrobiology-made-case-god … via @newyorker”

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      1. Steven Flinn‏ @stevenflinn 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @NewYorker A lot of irrelevancies in his argument. The stronger case against design is multiverse/observer selection bias.

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      1. John Gregory‏ @Johngre24546107 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Samsonite made the case for God

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      1. Greymagus‏ @greymagus 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @NewYorker Astrobiology is to regular science as Angels dancing on heads of pins is to religion: wishful at best

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      1. Salvia‏ @salvia011235 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @NewYorker Lol

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      2. Will James‏ @billybluejames 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @JoyceCarolOates @NewYorker 1 proofs for the existence of God can be made simply by manipulating how one defines God. Then there

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      3. Will James‏ @billybluejames 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @billybluejames

        @sapinker @JoyceCarolOates @NewYorker 2 is St Anselm's definition "God is greater than that which nothing can be conceived" which posits God

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      4. Will James‏ @billybluejames 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @billybluejames

        @sapinker @JoyceCarolOates @NewYorker 3 is beyond definition, beyond nothingness...

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      5. Will James‏ @billybluejames 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @JoyceCarolOates @NewYorker Have You Ever Heard Virginia Woolf Speak? http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/05/21/have-you-ever-heard-virginia-woolf-speak/ … …

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      1. roslyn pall‏ @pall_com 25 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @JoyceCarolOates @NewYorker : Just bought The SENSE OF STYLE.

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      2. Well, I never‏ @smile_of_decade 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @NewYorker are you just having fun with the word “Case” or being hip but moronic by capitalising each word?

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      3. Héctor Rodríguez‏ @hctrdz 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @smile_of_decade

        @smile_of_decade Yeah, Because That Is The Important Issue Here.

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      4. Well, I never‏ @smile_of_decade 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @hctrdz

        @hctrdz You take the time to do it yourself I see, in your important reply to a stranger, making you an advocate* *tosspot

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      5. Héctor Rodríguez‏ @hctrdz 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @smile_of_decade

        @smile_of_decade Just in your head, pops, where I'm sure most of the stuff happens in your world.

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      6. Well, I never‏ @smile_of_decade 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @hctrdz

        @hctrdz I see from your short life here that you have yet to get out of the nasty half of yours…. good luck with that.

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      7. Héctor Rodríguez‏ @hctrdz 25 Jan 2015
        Replying to @smile_of_decade

        @smile_of_decade Thank you, man. I'm sorry if I was rude before, ad-hominems have that effect in me. Peace.

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