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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 15 Mar 2016

    Postmodern Glacier professor defends his dreadful study as "misunderstood". It wasn't. http://wp.me/ppUXF-HCU  via @Evolutionistrue

    2:09 PM - 15 Mar 2016
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      2. (((CZARKING)))‏ @CZAR__KING 15 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue I often joke w/ colleagues that if I want to get funding I should start adding the word gender to my proposals...

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      3. Wow_ThatsLame‏ @Wow_ThatsLame 15 Mar 2016
        Replying to @CZAR__KING

        @CZAR__KING @sapinker @Evolutionistrue The buzzword "women" functions like "gluten-free" or "organic." It sells.

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      1. Joe MacDonald‏ @JoeMacDonald9 15 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue My brain hurts.

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      1. Loren Thacker‏ @ThackerX 15 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue #GlaciersAreMisogynists

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      1. peter85‏ @petew77 15 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue Postmodernism is a failed enterprise.

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      2. Felix Salmon‏Verified account @felixsalmon 15 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue @philerator Where did the professor defend the study as “misunderstood”?

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      3. David Headstack‏ @hogganbeck 15 Mar 2016
        Replying to @felixsalmon

        @felixsalmon @sapinker @Evolutionistrue @phileratorhttp://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/qa-author-feminist-geology-study-reflects-sudden-place …

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      4. Felix Salmon‏Verified account @felixsalmon 15 Mar 2016
        Replying to @hogganbeck

        @hogganbeck @sapinker @Evolutionistrue @philerator thanks!

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      1. Bill Craske‏ @crask1 17 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue Would have had a laugh if I had time to waste on this bilge!

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      1. Mark Bulger‏ @Mark_Bulger 16 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue Theology is a perfectly reasonable undertaking. Leftist gobbledygook is not.

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      1. Communo-Stalinist‏ @ZombieDiamond 15 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue I feel like you and your allies pick out the most absurd articles on purpose as propaganda.

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      1. Colleen Akin‏ @colleenakin 15 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker Absolutely insane. Thank you for tweeting this stuff.

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      1. Inspireland‏ @InspirePod 15 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue Just read the James Incandenza filmography yesterday and noticed your mention. Deep congratulations

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      1. mark enriquez‏ @warmedOverMess 15 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue hasn't everyone learned by now that you can't feed the trolls?

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      1. Gemma‏ @Ossikeith 15 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue and he is a professor?

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