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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 28 Apr 2016

    Obama: We’re living in ‘most peaceful’ era in human history http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/26/obama-were-living-in-most-peaceful-era-in-human-hi/#.VyIA1R8GSM8.twitter … via @washtimes

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      1. peter85‏ @petew77 28 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @WashTimes tell that to people in Syria. Martha's Vineyard is as safe as ever at least

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      1. SK‏ @SKmacro 28 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker When I heard that I knew he was channeling your book.

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      1. Cy Edmunds‏ @CyEdmunds 28 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @WashTimes Don't you wish YOU had said that?

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      1. Gaynor Boughey‏ @GaynorBoughey1 30 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @DerrenBrown @WashTimes YOU HAVE TO BE JOKING! The Gazza strip are still at war, we have thousands of immigrants trying to flee

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      1. Keith Pomakis‏ @pomakis 28 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker I think someone's been reading your books! Or perhaps this realization is inevitable given enough consideration of world history.

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      1. John C. Halloran‏ @johnchalloran 28 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @WashTimes Simultaneously very good and very sad.

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      1. Raunak Singh‏ @thenewsithari 28 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @WashTimes people who havent read your book might have a tough time accepting this

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      1. A spectre is haunting the USA‏ @nickexperience 28 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @WashTimes says the guy responsible for most of the war currently going on in the world.

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      1. War, On Drugs‏ @anarchohindu 28 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @washtimes It's calm before the storm.

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      1. Gomerni‏ @gomerni 28 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @WashTimes isn't peaceful enough...

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      2. Ryan G.‏ @WeakEmergence 28 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @WashTimes More peaceful than when there were only a few thousand human beings?

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      3. Justin Johnson‏ @JustinJ0hns0n4 28 Apr 2016
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        @WeakEmergence @sapinker @WashTimes danger Per capita… Probably

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      1. Alec Is Voting Nov. 6th‏ @ACFred 1 May 2016
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        @sapinker @MrTeller @WashTimes was that a joke from the Press Corp dinner?

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      1. (((wordwizard))) 🖇‏ @EEFWW 1 May 2016
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        @sapinker Of course we are! So why do I quake with fear that nuclear weapons will be used, and the SHTF? @MrTeller @WashTimes

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      1. Wendy‏ @WendyBirdOZ 1 May 2016
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        @sapinker @MrTeller @WashTimes It only took 8 yrs to achieve that. What a co-inky-dink. #sarcasm #DecadesToHeal

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      1. DefiantZombie‏ @Defiant_Zombie 1 May 2016
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        @sapinker @MrTeller @WashTimes Said while his country passes laws that kill people for being different.

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      1. Conservative Savant‏ @ConsrvatvSavant 1 May 2016
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        @sapinker @MrTeller @WashTimes It must be true. Obama said so. I wouldn't want to be born in the majority of countries in the world today.

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      1. Justin Melillo‏ @Cybren 1 May 2016
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        @sapinker @MrTeller @WashTimes ???? Pre-agricultural humans had little disease, no war, and compete social equality

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