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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 30 Dec 2015

    Brilliant analysis of N Taleb's criticism of Better Angels by John Vos in "Quixotic Finance." http://goo.gl/TXHcqy 

    4:45 PM - 30 Dec 2015
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    36 replies 207 retweets 486 likes
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      2. Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg 30 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker Are you are man enough to witness his genius in full flower? (I doubt it.) http://bit.ly/1MHTUch http://bit.ly/1MHU7ft 

        66 replies 29 retweets 197 likes
      3. Julie Kelly‏ @julie_kelly2 30 Dec 2015
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @SamHarrisOrg @sapinker "Anyone who tries to interpret art in terms of science is a fool or autistic person"How does @nntaleb get away w/it?

        2 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
      4.  👻 🎃BOO!art Hayashi 🌎 💱‏ @legendre007 31 Dec 2015
        Replying to @julie_kelly2

        Taleb: "Science has not been very good at saving lives...has not been good at dealing with evidence" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKDNeb81qME … 😳 @julie_kelly2

        2 replies 3 retweets 5 likes
      5. Pallor Ergo Doom‏ @SlagOffTwits 31 Dec 2015
        Replying to @legendre007

        @legendre007 @julie_kelly2 ...and somehow he is employed by a university. Baffling...

        2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
      6.  👻 🎃BOO!art Hayashi 🌎 💱‏ @legendre007 31 Dec 2015
        Replying to @SlagOffTwits

        I have friends saying they champion science & industrialization ... and then they worship Taleb.😲 #DoubleThink @SlagOffTwits @julie_kelly2

        0 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
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      2. Androol  🔪Knife 🔪‏ @WyoWeeds 30 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker truly fantastic. Nearly identical to his anti-GMO tactics.pic.twitter.com/Gmj8AQdiof

        2 replies 13 retweets 49 likes
      3. Ben  🍺the Wheat Raiser's 🍞 Edge‏ @edgeben 31 Dec 2015
        Replying to @WyoWeeds

        @WyoWeeds @sapinker Amazingly accurate synopsis of his debate style.

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      4. Lynn Sosnoskie PhD‏ @LynnSosnoskie 31 Dec 2015
        Replying to @edgeben

        @edgeben Agreed. This is all so familiar... @WyoWeeds @sapinker

        0 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
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      2. jacob janssen‏ @janssenjacob Jun 22
        Replying to @sapinker

        Disagree. Your book says violence has declined, @nntaleb says one WW3 could take that stat away and 70yrs is not enough time to say it's unlikely to happen, so we might just be lucky. Neither your book nor this article refutes that, no matter how little lightning deaths we have.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Nassim Nicholas Taleb‏Verified account @nntaleb Jun 22
        Replying to @janssenjacob @sapinker

        Not saying that. Saying 1) There is NO statistical evidence it HAS declined (with stat significance). 2) Pinker is a BS vendor, as evidenced by using as backup a random blogger & ignoring scientific papers. 3) Pinker misinterprets his own data and has not answered yet.

        1 reply 2 retweets 7 likes
      4. jacob janssen‏ @janssenjacob Jun 22
        Replying to @nntaleb @sapinker

        Thanks for the response, and sorry for any misrepresentation! Above response then only reflect my own views and issues with pinker's book, albeit similar.

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      1. Brian Urbancic‏ @SciGroupie 31 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker One of the downsides of being smart: Taleb will insult you.

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      1. david ropeik‏ @dropeik 31 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Taleb has done the same on GMOs. Attack with intellectual blather, with an argument riddled with holes.https://medium.com/@dropeik.com/on-taleb-et-al-s-the-precautionary-principle-with-application-to-the-genetic-modification-of-dba21ccf94aa#.vkbyugn3k …

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      1. Colin Forster‏ @colinwforster 30 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Has anyone tried to refute the John Vos analysis of N Taleb's criticism of your Better Angels work?

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      2. Jason‏ @Jasonschimp 31 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Taleb blocked me (and many others) for (very politely) pointing out these errors, as described in that piece, haha.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Venkatraman Ganesan‏ @venky1976 Mar 3
        Replying to @Jasonschimp @jasonbmitchell @sapinker

        The pompous and condescending venom spewing character blocked me as well. The greatest irony being the writer of "Antifragile" is most fragile to criticism! A two faced Janus!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Nick Horton‏ @rationalaction 30 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker I just want to say that Better Angels of Our Nature made a profound impact on me. Thank you for writing it. #Reason #Humanism

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      1. Brent Nicholson  🔷‏ @BrentNicholson 30 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @nntaleb Maybe you chaps should settle this with violence. Oh the Irony 😎

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      2. Carey Haug‏ @haug_carey 30 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Mr Taleb has "Greenwalded" you.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. John Howard Morgan‏ @AudeoisJohn 31 Dec 2015
        Replying to @haug_carey

        @haug_carey @sapinker It's 'greenwalded' with a small g & "..." aren't needed in sense you wrote it. Use this neologism correctly please :-)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Carey Haug‏ @haug_carey 31 Dec 2015
        Replying to @AudeoisJohn

        @AudeoisJohn @sapinker Thanks for the tip.

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