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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 15 Jun 2015

    PhDTree: An academic genealogy project. Turns out I'm a descendant of Anna Freud, Clark Hull, & Lewis Terman. http://goo.gl/a00zlz 

    12:15 PM - 15 Jun 2015
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      1. frank ramsey‏ @RamseyFrank 15 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker swell... I am merely a descendant of Cervantes, Fermat, Torricelli and Tesla.

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      1. Jonathan LaTourelle‏ @KropotkinsTweet 15 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker Clark Hull as a great x2 grandfather down 2 branches! Wonder what he'd think of his GGGrandson's stand on behaviorism. #histpsych

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      1. Nathan H. Lents‏ @nathanlents 15 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker I traced my lineage back to William of Ockham!

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      1. FlyLogical‏ @FlyLogical 15 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker ...and it turns out I've got a direct line back to Ludwig Prandtl ! http://bit.ly/1FjbwY5  thanks for sharing this fun tool.

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      1. Emily Willoughby‏ @eawilloughby 15 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker How funny, I once did almost the exact same thing by hand, to try and suss out the academic phylogeny of scientists I admire.

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      1. Michael Anes‏ @manes 15 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker And back to Wundt, like so many Psychology PhDs...

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