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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 20 Nov 2015

    Despite headlines, violence is trending downwards.http://humanprogress.org/blog/despite-headlines-violence-trending-downwards …

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      1. PhDelinquent‏ @PhDelinquent 21 Nov 2015
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        .@sapinker That is such an important point you make!

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      2. Julia Chidley‏ @JuliaChidley 21 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker @david_colquhoun USA Gun violence 2014 caused 12,569 deaths, 628 were children under 11 http://www.gunviolencearchive.org 

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      3. David Colquhoun‏ @david_colquhoun 21 Nov 2015
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        @JuliaChidley appalling but it was.t the point that @sapinker was making

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      1. Olivia Ketterer‏ @Livmilesbooks 20 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Reading The Better Angels of Our Nature. What a masterpiece!

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      1. smittelmann‏ @amajorityofone 20 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker "The only sound way to appraise the state of the world is to count". A sterile assessment…...

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      1. Don Bryant‏ @DonaldRBryant 20 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Let's make it trend down farther. Go after ISIS.

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      1. k-s sirkka‏ @k272479 20 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker define Violence!

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      1. David Jones‏ @DDavidsedgwick 20 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker your time sample is to short, nature is waiting and she is not happy. Balance will be restored, just not via preindustrial ways?

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      1. tj mclaughlin‏ @biocrat 20 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Acts of terror are not surprising and should be expected, Nonetheless they are horrific. Less violence overall, so what?

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      1. Harald‏ @equalitus 20 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Then why so many attack the 2nd amendment? The need for it will certainly wither away as guns are prone for demand destruction?

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      1. Ben Allen‏ @iamthebeef 20 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker oh god - please reassure me Steven

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