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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 28 Dec 2015

    Altruism isn't enough: "Moral" arguments against compensating organ donors = "OK for 1000s to die each year."http://wpo.st/jTE-1 

    5:20 PM - 28 Dec 2015
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      1. Stewart Brand‏Verified account @stewartbrand 28 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Now that endoviruses have been edited out of pigs, they will shortly supply all the replacement organs humans need.

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      1. Gonzalo‏ @alftab3 28 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Spain notches up world organ transplant record http://www.thelocal.es/20140113/world-leader-spain-notches-up-organ-transplant-record … vía @TheLocalSpain

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      2. Patrice Ayme‏ @Tyranosopher 28 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Compensating organ donors requires extreme regulation, making sure not only rich gets 2 live, & youth don't get eviscerated ugly

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      2. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 29 Dec 2015
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        @aeon456 @sapinker Should this apply to blood or just organs?

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      4. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 29 Dec 2015
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        @aeon456 @sapinker Yes. So I ask should these same incentives apply to connective tissue like blood?

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      6. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 29 Dec 2015
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        @aeon456 @sapinker Some donors are already paid. U.S. Prison systems used inmates for blood for years.

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      1. Bright World‏ @brightwpod 30 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker thanks for sharing Steven Pinker, have a great Wednesday :) (insight by http://commun.it )

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      1. Gerhard Görlich‏ @gerji 29 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker in Austria we have found a simple solution: everyone is an organ donor per default, unless they actively opt out => most don't

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      1. Väinö Leppänen‏ @denarced 28 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @washingtonpost I do wonder whether compensation is necessary in addition to the Spanish opt-out model

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      1. Scott K Aberegg MD MPH‏ @medevidenceblog 28 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Michael Sandel would like to have a word with you http://www.amazon.com/What-Money-Cant-Buy-Markets/dp/0374533652 …

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      1. CrystalClear‏ @dodgemcity 28 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @washingtonpost stll a moral argument not paying cash

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      1. Patrick Mauro‏ @PMIA7 28 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @dancrayjazz very good article. Thanks for bringing this issue to my attention. Have friend who just got bone marrow transplant.

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      1. briancarroll‏ @briancarroll 28 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker the solution is to revoke helmet and seatbelt laws.

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      1. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 28 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Just organ and tissue donation, or blood too?

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