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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 20 Aug 2016

    How news misleads: "Terror deaths in W Eur highest since 04" could've read "down since 04" or "since 70s."http://bbc.in/2bN1lKb 

    8:52 AM - 20 Aug 2016
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      2. uberfeminist‏ @uberfeminist 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        so there's really no headline to point out that the last three years seem to be outliers? @sapinkerpic.twitter.com/qESduhVhmo

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      3. uberfeminist‏ @uberfeminist 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @uberfeminist

        can you follow a trendline? what is BOUNDING the terrorism deaths? security services. @sapinkerpic.twitter.com/IGkkMHybdE

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      4. uberfeminist‏ @uberfeminist 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @uberfeminist

        "why talk about fundamentalists getting a bomb until we have a handrail on every stairwell?" -- translated Steven Pinker @sapinker

        2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      5. uberfeminist‏ @uberfeminist 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @uberfeminist

        Resharing this, with apologies to Steven Pinker @sapinker https://uberfeminist.blogspot.com/2016/01/false-equivalence-and-bad-math.html …pic.twitter.com/WQLNqZ2f8g

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      6. uberfeminist‏ @uberfeminist 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @uberfeminist

        here's an 'infographic' that explains how truly screwed the whole world is @sapinker (@NYTimes should hire me)pic.twitter.com/BREL2C8zj5

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      7. uberfeminist‏ @uberfeminist 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @uberfeminist

        Would Steven Pinker's math not have applied just as well to the population of Syria, until 2014 or so? @sapinker

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      8. uberfeminist‏ @uberfeminist 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @uberfeminist

        I'm not against a calculated response. We don't want an autoimmune reaction. But the categorical comparisons are nonsense @sapinker

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      1. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        In the '70s, terrorist deaths resulted from leftist groups like Red Brigade & Baadar-Meinhoff Gang. Now they result from jihadists

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      1. FakePlasticTree‏ @BWSFOS 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        It's a fair point, but look at the numbers of prevented near-attacks too. Intelligence is way better than in 70s.

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      1. Julie Nilsson Smith‏ @julnilsmith 21 Aug 2016
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        wording of captions and headlines are SO important!!

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      1. Bea Webb‏ @beauwebb14 21 Aug 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @MaxCRoser @BBCNewsbeat Does the source of violence matter to you or no?

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      1. Mark Simon‏ @HKMarkSimon 21 Aug 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @MaxCRoser @BBCNews - or could say, "How Pinker really doesn't care who dies as long as his narrative intact".

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      1. Suhail Rahman‏ @phoenix100i 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @BBCNews very well said

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      1. Mark Quinn‏ @MarkQuinn1968 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Slightly surprised you are reading @BBCNewsbeat pieces. But your point is well made.

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      1. Alex Murillo‏ @alex_amurillo 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        The trained mind knows when they say a baseball player is 4 for his last 33, that means he's probably 5 for his last 34.

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      2. Stuart Wilson  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿‏ @stuatmoes 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @carolynporco @BBCNews It's almost as if a narrative of danger and mistrust were being peddled to keep us compliant?

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      3. Carolyn Porco‏Verified account @carolynporco 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @stuatmoes @sapinker @BBCNews

        No. It's evolutionarily built into us to be distracted by & attentive to imminent danger. News orgs know this

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      4. Stuart Wilson  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿‏ @stuatmoes 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @carolynporco @sapinker @BBCNews

        I accept your point but shouldn't media be informing us not manipulating us? Journalism not agendas.

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      1. Kc Karver‏ @KcKarver 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @BBCNews Euro media is actively trying 2 suppress info abt terrorism. Concerned abt rise n nationalism in response 2 terror threat

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