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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 30 Dec 2016

    What scientific concept ought to be more widely known? (preview of '17 Edge Question). My answer: The 2nd Law.http://graphics.wsj.com/image-grid/year-end-science/ …

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      1. DW‏ @DW_work1 30 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @WSJ

        How evolution works - many think they know but its amazing power and subtlety still lost on most.

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      2. Pete Smillie‏ @mequantum 30 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        My Thermodynamics professor used the 2nd Law to prove - on the blackboard - that there was a god. I got a D.

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      1. anomalyuk‏ @anomalyuk 30 Dec 2016
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        @AdroitMonkey @WSJ "A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law"

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      1. John Malik‏ @kilamie 30 Dec 2016
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        The only way to solve a problem is to fully understand the problem. Any movement away from it, gives it more power.

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      1. jpet2017‏ @JohnPet39651405 30 Dec 2016
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        @silverblaze713 @WSJ Behavioral. How about the reluctance to doubt and be somewhat skeptical. Also, science of brainwashing.

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      1. Eugene Meade #FBPE‏ @eugemeade 30 Dec 2016
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        The workings of confirmation bias.

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      1. Péng Dawei  🇵🇸‏ @elementary_peng 5 Jan 2017
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        What else ought to be well known: the Dunning-Kruger Effect, Overfitting, and spurious regression

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      1. B.E.‏ @jiku_ 1 Jan 2017
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        everyone should know 2nd law of thermos dynamics. Close the lid AND put on cap. Any less and you could've just brought ice coffee.

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      1. The Cup Is Half Full Metal Alchemist‏ @Jeffrey_of_Troy 31 Dec 2016
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        The Electric Universe https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/about/syn/  & the 4th spatial dimension http://hi.gher.space/classic/introduction.htm … #ElectricUniverse #4thDimension

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      1. Hypatia‏ @hypatia_sensor 31 Dec 2016
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        Materialism. What causes order in the Universe? Do you prefer Dialectic or Dielectric?https://youtu.be/QbBPDq_K0Cs 

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      1. janice‏ @IDideas 31 Dec 2016
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        what a "thought-full" gift for the last day of the year- #2ndlaw that's what it's about. More on this please.

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      1. Autar Kaw‏ @numericalguy 30 Dec 2016
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        The scientific laws that are important are the laws of conservation.

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