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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 14 Jan 2017

    My strangest interview question yet, from a garage door opener site which also features book authors.http://blog.aclickawayremotes.com/garage-door-opener-troubleshooting-repair-setup …

    10:49 AM - 14 Jan 2017
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      2. Ryan Shirlow‏ @RyanShirlow 14 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        and they list you as the author of 'How the Mind WOKS' Guess I missed your spin-off Asian Recipe effort.

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      3. Troy Blackford‏ @TBlackford3 14 Jan 2017
        Replying to @RyanShirlow @sapinker

        hahahaha! Like his other psychocookbooks, The Blank Paté, The Sausage Instinct, & (Steamed) Birds & Gruels.

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      4. F̴̙͛ǘ̵̻z̸̭̫̓̔z̵͔̏͝y̵̠̿  👙 🦒 Fred  🐣 🐧T6‏ @badibulgator 14 Jan 2017
        Replying to @TBlackford3 @RyanShirlow @sapinker

        And don't forget: The Better Bagels of our Nature.

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      5. Troy Blackford‏ @TBlackford3 14 Jan 2017
        Replying to @badibulgator @RyanShirlow @sapinker

        Oh God, that's the best possible one!

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      1. Glen‏ @ghleavitt 14 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I would love to know your opinion about front vs top loading washing machines

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      1. M.M.‏ @outputrotation 14 Jan 2017
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        well they got me to click so i guess it worked

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      2. Ted Louis‏ @MrTedLouis 14 Jan 2017
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        .@sapinkerpic.twitter.com/RemK5Evqsh

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      3. David's Disembodied Head‏ @david_kenneth_d 14 Jan 2017
        Replying to @MrTedLouis @sapinker

        Open Your Mind... (and garages) with Steven Pinker

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      1. Garaga‏ @GaragaDoors 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Need a smart resource touching #garages? #GARAGA has a blog http://www.garaga.com/blog/en/  & 100 FAQ http://www.garaga.com/ca/information/faq/ …

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      1. Matt White‏ @matticuspeace 15 Jan 2017
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        your response was not very profound

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      1. Tonya Cantrell‏ @Tonyajean22 14 Jan 2017
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        This is the best this I've read today. I'm going to get a copy and ask you to sign it.

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      1. Chris Cooper‏ @chris_r_cooper 14 Jan 2017
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        Wait! Didn't http://edge.org  cover this question a few years back?

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      1. Troy Blackford‏ @TBlackford3 14 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Mice, thieves, & falling garage doors: important 2017 advice from a world-class scientist. Haha! Still, I agree w/ you completely.

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      1. M Vinson‏ @marc_vinson 14 Jan 2017
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        then* not than, 6th para

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      1. Ned Ryerson‏ @NedRyerson5 14 Jan 2017
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        Quirky.

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      1. David Bergin Brown‏ @DavidBerginB 14 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I'm both a long-time Dr. Pinker fan and do handyman work like that too, am addressing GDO issue now ---- "synergy".

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      1. Hugo Moreira‏ @hga_moreira 14 Jan 2017
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        Not one of your most enlightened answers, either: don't underestimate mice ingenious...

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      1. Walter F Clark‏ @WaltFC 14 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Have your book sales taken off now that you've appeared on 'garage-door-opener-troubleshooting-repair-setup'?

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      1. thatdavidcolman‏ @thatdavidcolman 14 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        You totally aced it. And my great-grandfather Howard Colman invented the garage door opener - ca 1895? (wikipedia is all wrong!)

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