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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 20 Feb 2015

    The new panic: campus sex assaults http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/02/20/the-new-panic-campus-sex-assaults/0X0a9RoCySmrLUMFQ73kWM/story.html?event=event25?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

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      1. Anne‏ @Anneeliz1 20 Feb 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @CollegeFix @BostonGlobe @g56yu @justthoughts19 @cgarrett101 @FaceCampusEqual @hubcityalli @IXforall @saveosons @Dempseymom4

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      1. Martin Deering‏ @MartinDeering 1 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker Are you endorsing this article?

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      1. Matthew Dockrey‏ @gfish 20 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker Does it really count as a "panic" if no one is saying it's new, just that we're no longer willing to ignore it?

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      1. Destiny Trueheart‏ @DestinTrueheart 20 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe with the broad definition of sexual assault regret + passage of time= feeling that consent was not granted

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      2. Nick Warino‏ @Nicholas_Warino 20 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe why are imperfect policies that convict too many worse than imperfect policies that don't convict enough?

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      3. Nick Warino‏ @Nicholas_Warino 20 Feb 2015
        Replying to @Nicholas_Warino

        @sapinker @BostonGlobe the real imperfections of these policies tell me that campus sexual assault is really hard problem to fix

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      4. Nick Warino‏ @Nicholas_Warino 20 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe articles like this would work better if solutions were offered that acknowledged women.instead they worry about men.

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      5. Nick Warino‏ @Nicholas_Warino 20 Feb 2015
        Replying to @Nicholas_Warino

        @sapinker @BostonGlobe by the way, I sincerely love your work Dr Pinker

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      2. Nick Warino‏ @Nicholas_Warino 20 Feb 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @BostonGlobe this suggests that too many false convictions is an unacceptable outrage while too many unconvincted rapes is not

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      3. Joscha Bach‏ @Plinz 20 Feb 2015
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        @Nicholas_Warino Yes, being treated as innocent until proven guilty is considered a basic human right @sapinker @BostonGlobe

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      4. Nick Warino‏ @Nicholas_Warino 20 Feb 2015
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        @Plinz @sapinker @BostonGlobe if the only concern was to avoid convicting innocent people then we would just decriminalize rape...

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      5. Joscha Bach‏ @Plinz 20 Feb 2015
        Replying to @Nicholas_Warino

        @Nicholas_Warino This is not the *only* concern. But avoiding the conviction of innocents is at the foundation of a lawful society

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      6. Nick Warino‏ @Nicholas_Warino 20 Feb 2015
        Replying to @Plinz

        @Plinz so is protecting innocents from violence. Sexual violence is inherently difficult to investigate; any policy will have misses

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      1. David Galiel‏ @davidgaliel 20 Feb 2015
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        Harvey Silverglate on The new panic: campus sex assaults http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/02/20/the-new-panic-campus-sex-assaults/0X0a9RoCySmrLUMFQ73kWM/story.html … via @sapinker

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