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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 26 Jan 2017

    The cognitive science of lying and a certain individual who can't stop doing it.http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/heres-how-life-under-a-lying-leader-like-trump-will-make-you-question-your-own-sanity/#.WIq5ZxLRKmQ.twitter …

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      1. mesa‏ @KhemarakT 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        @realDonaldTrump Don't let our brains "give up trying to figure out what is true.” in this era of relentless falsehoods. #critical

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      2. Wallace Finch‏ @DarwinSelection 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker Masha Gessen on the lies of Putin and Trump:pic.twitter.com/zlyVgfOCEG

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      3. nicky karunarathna‏ @NickyNickykaru 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @DarwinSelection @sapinker

        Do you want never ending wars&drones killing millions, made65million refugees to increased?Trump&Putin meansPeace

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      4. Wallace Finch‏ @DarwinSelection 28 Jan 2017
        Replying to @NickyNickykaru

        So far they've pissed off China, Palestine, Mexico, and swaths of the Middle East. And this:http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/mikhail-gorbachev-world-preparing-war-article-1.2957136 …

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      5. nicky karunarathna‏ @NickyNickykaru 28 Jan 2017
        Replying to @DarwinSelection

        @NYDailyN China affairs Trump is trying to get a better deal from as he's a businessman. Rest is all his brouhaha.Calm down

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      6. Wallace Finch‏ @DarwinSelection 28 Jan 2017
        Replying to @NickyNickykaru

        A "businessman" who's declared bankruptcy 6 times, rips off his own contractors, sends business overseas, takes from charity

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      1. BigJohn‏ @JohnDrimmel 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        the same man who wrote the blank slate? Propagating this pedantic nonsense?

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      1. Martin Pukownik‏ @pukawaka 27 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Is that the secret of Trump's success in life? Fling so much bullshit that people get exhausted and give in just to make it stop?

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      1. Aaron Davis‏ @AaronDa44194950 26 Jan 2017
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        Part of the attraction of some to Trump is that he is a "candid" liar. Many are tired of lawyer leaders, bullshitters, but no lies

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      1. Vfrenkel‏ @Vfrenkel1 26 Jan 2017
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        special needs ppl have rights! Support our special needs president!

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      1. Ryk Comerford‏ @Truth_Quest30 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Met a pathological liar once. It seemed like a type of OCD. He couldn't stop himself from saying obviously false things.

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      1. foundpoem‏ @foundpoem1 26 Jan 2017
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        .@sapinker Dr, can't we please just lock him up, please.pic.twitter.com/qIHdnxMJRV

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      1. T-Dog 🏴‍☠️‏ @RealTDog 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        This is why we have learn how to reason and be skeptical. Questioning those who make statements and demand evidence. Like taxes.

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      2. Maggie Gallagher‏ @MaggieGallaghe 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        if Trump lied, but told the truth abt immigration, & fighting for worker? How should cog sciences--or voters- judge that?

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      3. Yenrap Rellin‏ @sisboombahbah 28 Jan 2017
        Replying to @MaggieGallaghe @sapinker

        By still voting for ANYONE else but Trump because he's obviously Batshit crazy.

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      4. Maggie Gallagher‏ @MaggieGallaghe 28 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sisboombahbah @sapinker

        Mental health if it means anything is the capacity to successfully work and love. Moral health is a different thing

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      1. Leroy Whitby‏ @LeroyWhitby 29 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Politifact is biased. Snopes is biased. The left doesn't even care!

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      1. Heideli‏ @heidelia105 28 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Love it!

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      1. eklawer‏ @eklawer 28 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Don't be a coward, say the name

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      1. Janet Byron Anderson‏ @janetbyronander 27 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        (2of2)We know what happens to the body if you neglect to take care of it. Same with the mind:Years of plotting "deals" destroy it

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