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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 25 Jan 2017

    I have taken up Martin Ree's bet: "A bioterror or bioerror event will lead to 1m casualties by 2020." - Long Bets https://goo.gl/vw59JV 

    8:51 PM - 25 Jan 2017
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      2. Paul Bieganski‏ @PaulBieganski 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker does Trump count as bioerror or bioterror?

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      1. Pete Watts‏ @wattspete7 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        "Better Angels" is gr8 btw. Interesting,compelling and funny - long book wished was even longer. :)

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      1. Thewaywardarena‏ @Thewaywardarena 26 Jan 2017
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        Thanks for making us aware ! I like betting markets ... and what they show us...

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      1. Pete Watts‏ @wattspete7 25 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I think you're right. after 9/11 the media had me scared about nuclear terrorism. They even included dirty bombs, not true nukes.

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      1. Mike Hubbard‏ @IAmMikeHubbard 25 Jan 2017
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        don't you wish political arguments were handled like this?

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      1. Noel Carrascal‏ @Noel_Carrascal 25 Jan 2017
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        hard to say,but millions of years of human evolution have prepared us to withstand natural & synthetic blunders. Let't wait & see.

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      1. Tyto Alba‏ @euneaux 26 Jan 2017
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        Dumb bet. If terror or error are big enough, he'll never get to collect his winnings. Either he or his counterparty perish.

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      1. Tyto Alba‏ @euneaux 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I'll also bet a million US$ that there is no nuclear holocaust by 2020. If I lose the bet, the bet will be of little concern.

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      1. Tom[  🚀Space Marine Force] Vaughan‏ @TsonicTsunami 26 Jan 2017
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        @Truthcoin Why are you not using the native value system of the internet Bitcoin?

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      1. Crumb Streusel‏ @tangibullah 26 Jan 2017
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        What about a "product demonstration" from a biotech company?

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      1. Robin Coupland‏ @robinmcoupland 26 Jan 2017
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        Need to define "casualty"!!!

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      1. Alon Eisenberg‏ @EisenbergAlon 26 Jan 2017
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        Safe to assume in the future, but no more than three years from now? That's a particularly bold (and questionable) assumption.

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      1. HK Atheist Cat‏ @yellow_lynx 26 Jan 2017
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        Spread the word!! https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/preserve-national-endowment-arts-and-national-endowment-humanities …

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      1. Matthew Blakeway‏ @MatthewBlakeway 26 Jan 2017
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        How much did you stake on it?

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