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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 7 Jun 2015

    10 yrs later, mindless slander of Larry Summers persists. Noting small statistcl diff in data isn't "defining women." http://nyti.ms/1RT51V0 

    5:58 AM - 7 Jun 2015
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      1. Preston MacDougall‏ @ChemicalEyeGuy 7 Jun 2015
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        .@sapinker Larry Summers is rightfully deserving of slander, but for redefining fiduciary responsibility on Wall Street, not women.

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      1. JenBrooks‏ @JenBrooks727 7 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @fsnole1 Stalinist left aside, interests and aptitudes of most females will always be different from those of most males.

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      1. David Waterman‏ @proneophyte 7 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker Progressivism has become a pop cultural movement. Now, being inclusive means loving the latest #hashtag.

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      1. Damien Spillane‏ @dspillane1 7 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker lots of bunk but she does point up the hypocrites on the feminist Left

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      1. Chris Martin‏ @Chrismartin76 9 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @fsnole1 The original title was 'neil-degrasse-tyson-has-a-point-but-larry-summers-is-still-right. Sci Am changed that too.

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      1. Chris Martin‏ @Chrismartin76 9 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @fsnole1 Wrote a Scientific American post about this as a guest blogger. Sci Am fired the blogger.http://goo.gl/WBejpZ 

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      1. Joshua Grossman‏ @GrossmanJoshua 7 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @clairlemon amazing how many smart people don't understand that two distributions can differ and yet have significant overlap

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      1. LeeLeeRocs‏ @SocialMediaRocs 7 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker I believe if many had 2 literally go through #Menstruation & #Childbirth, being a sexy #Woman would not be #1 on the list of chgs

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      1. Avi Marranazo‏ @amarranazo 7 Jun 2015
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        “@sapinker: nine yrs later, the mindless slander of James Watson continues too

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      1. Patrice Ayme‏ @Tyranosopher 7 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker What's mindless, albeit profitable is to be on the side of supremacists, be they sexist males or financial derivatives' plutocrats

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      1. Chris Lacoursiere‏ @ChrisLacoursier 7 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker Please read my articlehttp://m.seekingalpha.com/article/2953756-wall-streets-current-play-immunotherapy-of-cancer …

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      1. MJ Butler‏ @MJButler314 7 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker pretty woffley peice, standard radical fem/left then

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      1. JSegal 2020‏ @jsegal44236 7 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker thank you for sharing this. I don't see how I would discern whether my thoughts align with my gender. Thought is thought?

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      1. Lionel 🇺🇸‏ @LionelMedia 7 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker Mindless slander versus apt slander.

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