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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 1 Jun 2015

    Paul Ehrlich is unrepentant & still taken seriously. What does it take for a misguided moralist to be discredited?http://nyti.ms/1HYFrME 

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      2. The Drunk Republican‏ @DrunkRepub 1 Jun 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker check out my new piece in the week. Similar.http://www.theweek.com/articles/555605/radical-life-extension-abortion-politics-2050 …

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      4. The Drunk Republican‏ @DrunkRepub 1 Jun 2015
        Replying to @JDKolassa

        @JDKolassa @sapinker thx, and keep your fingers crossed

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      1. Апокалипсис задерживается‏ @YorksJAT 2 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @intrepidwanders If it benefits the liberalist elite - never.

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      1. Gonzalo‏ @alftab3 11 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker how he knows he is not"

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      1. Gonzalo‏ @alftab3 11 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker "The answer to anyone who talks about the surplus population is to ask him, whether he is part of the surplus population;

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      1. Gonzalo‏ @alftab3 11 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker Chesterton said :

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      2. Honest Vince‏ @HonestVInce 5 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker Maybe his math adds up. Consider also the hydra effect.

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      3. Honest Vince‏ @HonestVInce 5 Jun 2015
        Replying to @HonestVInce

        @sapinker http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19220393 

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      1. Ed Gibney‏ @EdGibney 2 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker Saw Ehrlich speak 2 years ago and he admitted his predictions were too fast. But crossing Planetary Boundaries is still a problem!

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      1. Aaron Tao‏ @aarontao2 1 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker See my article on the Ehrlich-Simon wager. http://blog.independent.org/2015/02/12/apocalypse-not-the-legacy-of-julian-simon/ ….

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      1. Jose Pedro Naisser‏ @globalecologist 1 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker A GLOBAL PROJECT AND ACTIONS TO INTERDEPENDENCE IN FAVOR TO EARTH PLANET. http://bit.ly/1SHxqP6  , JOIN US NOW.

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      2. MeraH‏ @megagerdes 1 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @SissyWillis He has to change his voter registration to GOP.

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      3. Sissy Willis‏ @SissyWillis 1 Jun 2015
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        @megagerdes @sapinker lol

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      1. Doug‏ @ThynkTwyce 1 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker So does Dyson have a point abt the prevalence of overly pessimistic views regarding effects of climate change? Or too soon to say?

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      1. JohnnyLaird‏ @JohnnyLaird 1 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker Thanks for highlighting a fascinating story, Professor

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      1. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 1 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker A widespread concern for truth?

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      2. Mark Jacobs‏ @mr_markjacobs 1 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker I keep asking the same question about Noam Chomsky.

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      3. Roy Abrams‏ @RQA 1 Jun 2015
        Replying to @mr_markjacobs

        @mr_markjacobs @sapinker Religious impulses to self-mortification and and prophecy, garbed in labcoats.

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      1. Forest Spirit‏ @EarthenBlueSky7 1 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker The fact that it didn't happen that fast, is no defence. It will happen, sooner or later. The animals need more space to live too.

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