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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 23 Dec 2015

    A near-taboo question in social science: When are stereotypes accurate? http://quillette.com/2015/12/04/rebellious-scientist-surprising-truth-about-stereotypes/ … via @QuilletteM

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      1. RationalPoet‏ @Brianrrs37 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @toxicpath @QuilletteM When they have names like Sony or Panasonic. Stereo types? HA! I made a funny.

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      1. Chi-Town Cynic‏ @Chi_Town_Cynic 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @JohnRiversToo @QuilletteM Denial of high correlation stereotypes is the modern day equivalent of "The Emperor's New Clothes".

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      1. Iam Mudlet‏ @IMudlet 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @QuilletteM Maybe if they were documented and built on in a correct fashion.. Damn I am stereotyping myself..

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      2. Candelario Rump‏ @candelario_rump 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @QuilletteM Great piece. Now defend A Natural History of Rape: Biological Basis of Sexual Coercion, by Thornhill and Palmer.

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      1. George Machen‏ @SchmyeBubbula 25 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Fairly accurate when the standard deviation of the individuals’ differences doesn’t dwarf the σ of differences between stereotypes

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      1. Andrew‏ @AndrewCliffe 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @QuilletteM @clairlemon Love it!

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      1. George White‏ @GrumpyAnimal 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @owolade14 @QuilletteM Well how do they *become* stereotypes?

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      1. Uli‏ @UFolh 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @QuilletteM Worshipers of Artemis make offerings of massacre to the goddess.

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      1. Uli‏ @UFolh 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @QuilletteM "The Jewish people have the highest iq of all peoples." Pinker. What nation does this remind me of and what happened?

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      2. la tafiole sucree‏ @latafiolesucree 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Jussim is superficial. How accurate was Lincoln's stereotype that blacks would never be the whites' intellectual or moral equals?

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      3. Random Critical Analysis  🎲 🤔 🕵️‏ @RCAFDM 23 Dec 2015
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        @latafiolesucree that was a prediction, not a stereotype.

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      4. la tafiole sucree‏ @latafiolesucree 24 Dec 2015
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        @RCAFDM a prediction based on a stereotype.

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      5. Random Critical Analysis  🎲 🤔 🕵️‏ @RCAFDM 24 Dec 2015
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        @latafiolesucree not really.

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      6. la tafiole sucree‏ @latafiolesucree 24 Dec 2015
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        @RCAFDM really. he shared the contemporary stereotype of blacks as congenitally inferior. try again.

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      1. la tafiole sucree‏ @latafiolesucree 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @QuilletteM Jussim is superficial. How accurate were the stereotypes about women S B Anthony and E C Stanton faced?

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      1. Jack Jolis‏ @JackJolis 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @rkylesmith @QuilletteM You make it sound as though stereotypes are bad things. There are reasons why they become stereotypes.

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      1. wigmaker of ill repute in a room over a stinking t‏ @johnsonpenelope 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @QuilletteM stereotypes are accurate! except when they're not.

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      1. Mṛtyunos  💀‏ @matunos 23 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @QuilletteM curious… how many of his studies on stereotypes have been replicated? e.g. 'The unbearable accuracy of stereotypes.'

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