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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 24 Mar 2016

    NY Times' Kristof: We evolved to fear certain dangers; today's world has different ones. We fear the wrong things.http://nyti.ms/1q3nQw5 

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      1. My Critical Thinking Is Better Than Yours‏ @MatthewHallKDM 24 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker As much or even more so than STEM, we need to teach children psychology, probability, logic, and research methods.

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      1. jonathan‏ @zarembok1 24 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker slippery bathtubs have no potential to spread evil ideas to millions. And no excuse for failing to confront radical Islam

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      1. Conor Browne‏ @brownecfm 24 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @nytimes We do, but that's the nature of 'dread risk', socially amplified by 24/7 media.Terrorism falls into 'dread risk' category

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      1. Holtz‏ @Biorealism 27 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker bigger fear should be gradual importation of sharia & associated attitudes reported by Pew.https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/pew-report-on-muslim-world-paints-a-distressing-picture/ …

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      1. Hugh Mann‏ @rubellaball 24 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @nytimes I'd argue we have a good sense for what's going on among our own populations. A few rare attacks hints at wider malaise

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      1. Ran Dan‏ @ran_dan_ 24 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker but that analysis is so wrong. We fear evil much more than accidents, and for a good reason as well.

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      1. Rick O'Shea‏ @freetinkerer 24 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker Not slipping in a tub is in our hands. Only we can help ourselves here. Not being blown up on a bus requires collective effort

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      1. Rick O'Shea‏ @freetinkerer 24 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker We must do our best on our own not 2slip in tubs.Little more can be done. Defeating terrorism requires us all 2get smart together

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      1. to be frank‏ @jfslat 24 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @nytimes Dismantling the extractive industries is the biggest challenge we face and fatally one that we will lose.

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      1. DAVID PETROPOULOS‏ @dspetro 24 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker Speaking as if there is only one human species with one kind of brain is stupid and anti-science.

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      1. jonathan‏ @zarembok1 24 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker to put another way... Slippery bathtubs have no potential to cause fat tails on your violence graphs!

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      2. Eric Greenbaum‏ @EricGreenbaum 24 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Typical Progressive ignorance. If something is a danger how can it be wrong to afraid of it

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      3. Malcolm McMahon‏ @FulfordMalcolm 25 Mar 2016
        Replying to @EricGreenbaum

        @EricGreenbaum @sapinker what's wrong is to fear risks disproportionately. Terrorism is a long way down the list of things likely to kill us

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      4. Eric Greenbaum‏ @EricGreenbaum 25 Mar 2016
        Replying to @FulfordMalcolm

        @FulfordMalcolm @sapinker Good point, but people I feel are afraid of potential death even with small odds from such a senseless animosity.

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      5. Malcolm McMahon‏ @FulfordMalcolm 26 Mar 2016
        Replying to @EricGreenbaum

        @EricGreenbaum @sapinker It's. been said that when people hear numbers of victims they react as if there were 1000 people in the world

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