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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 7 Nov 2015

    See Malcolm Gladwell call me effeminate & fantasize about me being bludgeoned to death. Livestream | Munk Debates http://goo.gl/eZO9jw 

    8:37 PM - 7 Nov 2015
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      2. Conrad Hackett‏Verified account @conradhackett 7 Nov 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        I strongly recommend you watch this important & entertaining debate about progress http://munkdebates.com/livestream  @sapinkerpic.twitter.com/2uKYiFWG35

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      1. Matthew Ring‏ @_MattRing 7 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker That doesn't sound very glad or well.

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      1. psye‏ @psye82 8 Nov 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker 80% voted in favour of the "Pro" motion; but to mention that to opponents would be yet another "appeal to statistics". #munkdebate

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      1. Scott Myers‏ @ScottMyers20 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker @cfchabris Gladwell is short on ssubstance, as usual.

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      1. Gabe Schoenfeld‏ @gabeschoenfeld 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker @cfchabris To watch @Gladwell debate is to understand what Rostropovich would feel like listening to a wolf play the cello.

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      2. (((LS Mitchell)))‏ @LSMitchell 8 Nov 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker You are my #1 intellectual hero, but this tweet is inane, immature, & mistaken. SMH

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      3. Level of Analysis‏ @LevelOAnalysis 10 Nov 2015
        Replying to @LSMitchell

        @LSMitchell @sapinker Gladwell's behavior and tactics were immature and worthy of criticism.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Outraged Academic‏ @SequesterTales 7 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker In a blink he passed the tipping point and became an outlier.

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      2. David Kennerly‏ @DavidKennerly 7 Nov 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        Can any recent author be so wrongly celebrated and adored as Gladwell? @sapinker

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      3. David Kennerly‏ @DavidKennerly 8 Nov 2015
        Replying to @DavidKennerly

        Apart from Thomas Piketty, that is. @sapinker

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      1. LunaSparks‏ @LunaSparks34 9 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Weirdness. I'm halfway through and you mopped the floor with them. Kind of embarrassing, actually.

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      1. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 9 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Both of you are kind of effeminate. I never saw it as a negative.

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      1. Jesse Medlong‏ @JCMedlong 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker A genuinely bizarre exchange. You had it right: Malcolm & Alain seemed to have some different (secret) resolution in their sights.

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      1. Thomas Bergman‏ @thomasbergman87 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker I can't believe the amount of intellectual nonsense from your opponents. Even passive aggression.

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      1. J. 🎃P = .06 🎃 de Ruiter‏ @JPdeRuiter 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker What a nice guy, that Malcolm!

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      1. Emily Willoughby‏ @eawilloughby 7 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Now that's ironic (correctly used).

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