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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 8 Jan 2016

    New Study Indicates Existence of Eight Conservative Social Psychologists | http://HeterodoxAcademy.org http://goo.gl/gZUaaf 

    1:53 PM - 8 Jan 2016
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      1. Euphonius Bugnuts‏ @EuphoniusNuts 8 Jan 2016
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        @sapinkerpic.twitter.com/4rlSnnlKdE

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      1. Rob Kiser‏ @rckiser 21 Jan 2016
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        @sapinker @briandavidearp Amazing, 8 conservative social psychologists who are almost certainly Bigfoots as well.

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      1. Norman Doering‏ @DoeringNorman 8 Jan 2016
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        @sapinker If they were a species I'd say they were almost extinct.

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      2. Clive Andrews‏ @CliveAndrews 10 Jan 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker This seems to assume political views are set, rather than derived from thought and study. Which comes first?

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      3. Clive Andrews‏ @CliveAndrews 10 Jan 2016
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        Clive Andrews Retweeted Clive Andrews

        @psybertron What's your view on this, tweeted by @sapinker?https://twitter.com/cliveandrews/status/686119651827433472 …

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        Clive Andrews @CliveAndrews
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        @sapinker This seems to assume political views are set, rather than derived from thought and study. Which comes first?
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      4. Ian Glendinning‏ @psybertron 10 Jan 2016
        Replying to @CliveAndrews

        @CliveAndrews Ah yes, noticed this piece - and lighthearted header in @sapinker tweet - not digested yet. (Sceptical - in everyday sense)

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      5. Ian Glendinning‏ @psybertron 10 Jan 2016
        Replying to @psybertron

        @CliveAndrews @sapinker Trouble is "left" is a mess as a concept since PoMo & PC contamination. @bencobley

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      6. Ben Cobley‏ @bencobley 10 Jan 2016
        Replying to @psybertron

        @psybertron @CliveAndrews @sapinker conservatism & liberalism are also beset with probs. @ClarkeMicah is good on the 'Conservatives'.

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      7. Ian Glendinning‏ @psybertron 10 Jan 2016
        Replying to @bencobley

        @bencobley @CliveAndrews @sapinker @ClarkeMicah Yes, these terms (and terms like right / left of centre) are defined in terms of each other.

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      8. Ben Cobley‏ @bencobley 10 Jan 2016
        Replying to @psybertron

        @psybertron @CliveAndrews @sapinker @ClarkeMicah yes, I think it comes down to tribes, not 'isms'.

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      2. Dark Science‏ @tardispda 21 Jan 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @paulbloomatyale Im convinced that, at its limits; the political binary are examples of social C=maintenance, and L=Mutation.

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      3. Dark Science‏ @tardispda 21 Jan 2016
        Replying to @tardispda

        Liberals being Emotionally impulsive, Focus on the Theoretical Good Conservatives, on social inference. @sapinker @paulbloomatyale

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      4. Dark Science‏ @tardispda 21 Jan 2016
        Replying to @tardispda

        Theres too many humanist-egalitarians in applied psychology killing children. Granted, not until age ... ~25 @sapinker @paulbloomatyale

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      1. Connair Russell  🧠 ⚙️ 💻‏ @ConnairRussell 21 Jan 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker also very worrying as a student of psychology - the left wing bias is glaringly obvious in some cases.

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      1. Connair Russell  🧠 ⚙️ 💻‏ @ConnairRussell 21 Jan 2016
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        @sapinker Would be interesting outside of US - in UK liberal and Conservative politics aren't mutually exclusive

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      1. Alex Hammer‏ @AIHammer 16 Jan 2016
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        @sapinker Steven, Strange Facts About Technology Leaders Which Will Surprise or Shock You https://medium.com/@aihammer/strange-facts-about-technology-leaders-which-will-surprise-or-shock-you-6a9844f8ca7b#.fz5p248cc …

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      1. la tafiole sucree‏ @latafiolesucree 11 Jan 2016
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        @sapinker Do you really want more social science "researchers" like Regnerus, Wilcox, and Wright? Be careful what you wish for!

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      1. Biotech Investor‏ @Biotchinvestor 11 Jan 2016
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        @sapinker " ...rapid loss of political diversity, over the last 20 years, to be the second-greatest existential threat social psychology"

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      1. Tony Duncan‏ @tonydunc 9 Jan 2016
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        @sapinker ignores the tremendous movement of republicans to the right.

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