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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 15 Oct 2015

    Ben Carson Is Wrong on Guns and the Holocausthttp://nyti.ms/1RIciqm 

    5:37 AM - 15 Oct 2015
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      1. Ari Armstrong‏ @ariarmstrong 15 Oct 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker Article makes some good points but ignores relevant facts. Compare to @davekopel on resistance to Nazis:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/10/12/unarmed-jews-defeat-mass-murder-revolts-at-the-extermination-camps/ …

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      1. TGGeko‏ @TGGEKO 15 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker *Article admits they banned guns for jews* But Ben is still wrong because...?

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      1. BMooreNHHS‏ @BMooreNHHS 15 Oct 2015
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        Don’t normally tweet abt politics, but when hist. is misused... MT @sapinker: Ben Carson Is Wrong on Guns/Holocausthttp://nyti.ms/1RIciqm 

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      1. Steve B‏ @SDB57 15 Oct 2015
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        .@sapinker Goes to prove (as if proof were necessary) that it's possible to be both a smart neurosurgeon & dumb as a brick on other topics.

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      1. Daniel Wittrock‏ @wittrock_daniel 16 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker nah hes not wrong - You are

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      1. Monte Tator‏ @MonteTator 15 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker No way.Armed Jews wouldnt have defeated the Nazis, but certainly would have slowed final solution, maybe save millions of lives

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      1. Christopher Daly‏ @born2live2die 15 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker that is what happens when you take the knowledge we have today & apply it to events of the past

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      2. TGGeko‏ @TGGEKO 15 Oct 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker chinese farmer fought off attempt to bulldoze his home w homemade rocket launcher. Never doubt what a few arms can defend.

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      3. Sedan Taboos‏ @SedanTaboos 15 Oct 2015
        Replying to @TGGEKO

        @TGGEKO @sapinker and how'd that end up? Predictably badly, which just proves the point.

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      4. TGGeko‏ @TGGEKO 18 Oct 2015
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        @SedanTaboos @sapinker He was compensated 750000 yuan for the land. Much better than what the ccp initially threatened.

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      1. Hudson‏ @HCashny 17 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker Carson getting too much flack- I find this far more convincing:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/10/16/alan-steinweiss-bad-history/ …

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      1. TRUMP TV ™‏ @SJavner 16 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker @aduanebrown Ben needs to stay being a great doctor. I don't believe he's got what it takes.pic.twitter.com/9av7HhInT5

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      1. Viola Larson‏ @naminggrace 15 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker @ad_holland http://naminghisgrace.blogspot.com/2015/10/guns-hitler-rattlesnakes-and-ben-carson.html …

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      1. Usman Ahmad Sajid‏ @usmanasajid 15 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker Ben Carson is almost wrong on everything. Even if he is right he will still loose.

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      1. susan silver‏ @suz_8 15 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker and a few other millions things it is ludicrous that he is even there, and the other jerk as well...

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      1. Dr. Rad, Ph.D.‏ @doctorisinnow 15 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker It’s easy to pick on all the times Ben Carson’s been wrong, but what about that one time he wasn't completely wrong?

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      1. Michael Fifield  🇬🇧 🤝 🇪🇺 #FBPE‏ @michael_fifield 15 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker have to dump the exp "you don't have to be a brain surgeon", and just make do with "you don't have to be a rocket scientist "!

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      1. oburcuk‏ @oburcuk_jill 15 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker @yuksel_gunal and just about everything else.

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