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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 8 Nov 2015

    Are children from non-religious homes more altruistic than those from religious homes?: http://wp.me/ppUXF-ED6  via @Evolutionistrue

    10:17 AM - 8 Nov 2015
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      1. smittelmann‏ @amajorityofone 9 Nov 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue Atheists of the world unite, you have nothing to lose ….

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      2. E‏ @1986E6891 8 Nov 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue I wish they'd traced the stickers' final fate...maybe altruistic children remember needing kids, or sibblings...

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      3. E‏ @1986E6891 8 Nov 2015
        Replying to @1986E6891

        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue I also wish they'd told us about the parents.Are they trying to compensate in any way? Are they former believers?

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      4. E‏ @1986E6891 8 Nov 2015
        Replying to @1986E6891

        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue Higher "altruism" w/lower "sensitivity to injustice". Can you program someone to be altruistic? What's the drive?

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      5. E‏ @1986E6891 8 Nov 2015
        Replying to @1986E6891

        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue I don't have access to this one now. Empathy Circuits review: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23219409 

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      6. E‏ @1986E6891 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue On whether empathy or avoidance of distress drive altruism: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25462694 

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      2. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue As religion is the source of altruism, non-religious types have apparently not rejected all aspects of religion.

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      3. Magdalena Coughlan‏ @Ephemeralda 8 Nov 2015
        Replying to @JimAustin45

        @JimAustin45 Except religion most certainly is not. (I fear you may be suffering from what the article hinted at. Ahem.)

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      4. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 8 Nov 2015
        Replying to @Ephemeralda

        @Ephemeralda Matthew 6:24 indicates otherwise.

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      5. polyman71‏ @polyman71 9 Nov 2015
        Replying to @JimAustin45

        @JimAustin45 @Ephemeralda if you can quote the bible we must all be wrong! #nonsense

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      6. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 9 Nov 2015
        Replying to @polyman71

        @polyman71 @Ephemeralda Non sequitur.

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      1. Eduardo Alvarez‏ @EdAlvarezB 8 Nov 2015
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        Eduardo Alvarez Retweeted Steven Pinker

        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue Sure they have to compensate in case it turns out there is a Godhttps://twitter.com/sapinker/status/663420099374809089 …

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        Steven PinkerVerified account @sapinker
        Are children from non-religious homes more altruistic than those from religious homes?: http://wp.me/ppUXF-ED6  via @Evolutionistrue
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      1. brad samuels‏ @bradleyasamuels 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue thanks for linking a more objective analysis than the media has been offering. Fascinating study.

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      1. American Journalist‏ @andyrosebrook 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Really enjoyed that Munk debate, thanks for doing it! Absolutely hilarious, that Greenwald/Chomsky style of attack.

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      1. whl71ö4‏ @thekevinmay 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue is that a question really worthy of your intellect?

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      1. Israel Campos‏ @israelscampos 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue David Hume said no.

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      2. TRR‏ @therajraj 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue altruism is more noticeable among racial groups

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      3. TRR‏ @therajraj 8 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue altruism differences

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