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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 29 Mar 2016

    You Won't Believe The Government Is Supporting This Crackpot Mental Health Therapy via @forbeshttp://www.forbes.com/sites/sallysatel/2016/03/29/you-wont-believe-the-government-is-supporting-this-crackpot-mental-health-therapy/#6d9ebaf02773 …

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      1. noted phrenologist‏ @cromanionfolks 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker I believe you'll find that counselor troi pioneered this exciting new therapy that one time barclay was afraid of the transporter

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      1. Krème de la Krèmlin‏ @ztarasj 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes Damn, I couldn't get past the Ashton Kutcher quote-of-the-day page.

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      1. Randy K Moss‏ @randykmossphd 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes @slsatel thanks for exposing our systems lagging scientific rigor. No wonder psychology, a effective science gets smirks

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      1. Pete Smillie‏ @mequantum 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes The irony. A conservative ideologue takes a blunt instrument to bludgeon the gov & #mentalhealth, #neuroscience #brain

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      1. Rafael Pacini‏ @RafaelPaciniT 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker one more mega bullshit thinking, I think I'll move to Mars, humankind just love&need to believe in all kinds of nonsense salvation

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      1. Brian McGurk‏ @McGurkBrian 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes "patients are told to roll their eyes".

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      1. David T. Liebers‏ @dtliebers 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes @slsatel actually insane. But the truth is i'd be worried for SSRIs in a study of non-inferiority

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      1. JSegal 2020‏ @jsegal44236 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes it's bad enough courts sentence drug offenders to join religious cults (12 step) and now THIS??

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      1. TGGeko‏ @TGGEKO 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes I'll believe any combination of "government" and "bad"

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      1. Rational Optimist‏ @BilboBookTour 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes This world could use a little pipe weed! But perhaps in time, in time...

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      1. Jeff‏ @SphericalMonkey 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes Do you know Thought Field Therapy? No, but if you hum a few bars...

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      1. Gaz‏ @reasonicity 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes @slsatel I'd rather use the money for Tai Chi classes

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      1. Pete Smillie‏ @mequantum 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes Ask Ms Satel how much the government is spending on less efficacious prescription drugs. No comparison. #conservative mind

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      1. Professor Twain‏ @PrTwain 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker Similar to Reiki, widely used in oncology and hospice settings. One study I use in teaching shows it's no better than sham Reiki

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      1. G.BD:8.6‏ @G_BUTTADEO 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbespic.twitter.com/5UlvJyPib3

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      1. Follower‏ @ClobberChop 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes is there a scientific route to harnessing the way we fool ourselves? Can the bs work even when the patient knows it's bs?

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      1. barry goldman‏ @barrygoldman1 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes i most certainly would believe. i have seen worse

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      1. Tony Duncan‏ @tonydunc 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes @slsatel wow. analysis is right on. immediate thought was " trauma victims get positive attention" voila! They get better

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      1. Lee Gaucher‏ @LeeGaucher 29 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @Forbes The UK's NHS provides coverage for the equally ludicrous homeopathy. But it's disheartening to see delusion here at home.

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