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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 9 Jun 2016

    NASA's $1m grant to study theology of extraterrestrials: waste of taxpayers' money & violation of the 1st Amendment.https://goo.gl/UIRCu5 

    10:47 AM - 9 Jun 2016
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      1. Alexander Drake‏ @SilverBadger 9 Jun 2016
        Replying to @thenotimer @sapinker

        Right? :-D It'd be funnier if real money wasn't involved.

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      1. Frank J. Ranelli‏ @FrankJRanelli 9 Jun 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @Evolutionistrue Any extraterrestrial lifeform sufficiently advanced wouldn't have any theological claptrap within their society.

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      1. Adrianus Gabriel‏ @advanschilt 9 Jun 2016
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        Bottomless stupidity to expect intelligent beings to believe supernatural nonsense. Why should extra-terestials be fools?

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      1. Rich Guadalupe McDonald‏ @BiomedicalDude 9 Jun 2016
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        Any smart 10-year-old can come up with that rubbish but for free.

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      1. Science Isn't Scary‏ @sciencenotscary 9 Jun 2016
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        @ChemicalEyeGuy What can they possibly be doing that costs a million dollars?

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      1. anothermessage‏ @anothermessage 9 Jun 2016
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        don't we need to keep exploring space before we try to deign what they believe? seems a bit backwards...

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      1. Jean B. Kayitare‏ @JBKayitare 9 Jun 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Theology is human-made. How can NASA study "ET's views on God(supernatural)" when we (humans) are not even sure E.T exist?

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      1. Andrew Planet‏ @AndrewPlanet 11 Jun 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Is there a universal propensity for males to evolve because sharing traits is more advantageous than female asexuality?

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      1. Henk Ouwerkerk‏ @ouwehenk 11 Jun 2016
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        @_Four_Horsemen Nasa has become mentally ill.

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      1. Samuel Jay Keyser‏ @sjkeyser 10 Jun 2016
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        Hi Steve. It really is incredible. I'm not surprised that Templeton is involved. It is insidious.

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      1. Dylan Roskams-Edris‏ @DylanWRE 10 Jun 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        The only outrage is the % of the budget. I don't buy the principled objection. Amputation of a field from all collab =/= progress.

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      1. Tony Duncan‏ @tonydunc 10 Jun 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        i wonder if @JeffFlake is on this?

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      1. Andrew Planet‏ @AndrewPlanet 10 Jun 2016
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        Mendeleev equivalents will occur on other planets thus objectively derived proof of a factually verifiable pantheistic God :)

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      1. Andrew Planet‏ @AndrewPlanet 10 Jun 2016
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        The Vatican Chief astronomer did once say that Jesus would not as a phenomenon occur on other planets (bless him) #deism

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      1. Eddo‏ @otheredtoo 10 Jun 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @Evolutionistrue its a drop in the bucket. It may old value to know what they think if they are out there.

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