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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 4 Feb 2017

    The phantom threat of terrorism http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/02/02/the-phantom-threat-terrorism/nMrmWiKrnNGXpzVCabHOgL/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

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      1. Robin B.‏ @tenaciousrb 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Phantom threat of terrorism? Have you lost your mind?

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      1. Silenus Sancte  🌐‏ @SilenusSancte 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Yes, terrorism is irrelevant, immigration degrade countries and destroy democracy even without terrorism.

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      1. Claire‏ @Claireyalli 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        such false logic, it's like saying many more people die from cancer than choking so why bother teaching the heimlich

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      1. John A. Boudet‏ @JohnBoudet 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        What a staggeringly naive article. The USA doesn't face any appreciable risk of terrorism? Love your books, but geez.

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      2. Dick‏ @Dick_Diatribe 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        The article doesn't take into account foiled terrorist plots. The lack of deaths is a testament to law enforcement.

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      2. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        terrorism is a phantom threat in the US because it's hard for most terrorists to even get here.

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      3. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @JeBroo5 @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        we have huge oceans that separate us from our most dangerous enemies. Flying into this country unchecked is difficult

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      4. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @JeBroo5 @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        therefore the terrorist threat may be very real, but we have succeeded so far because of preventive measures taken

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      5. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @JeBroo5 @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        the question then becomes "What if we loosen those measures?" What if we let our guard down? Do we dare risk that?

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      1. AznivB‏ @AznivB 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Begin paying attention to European and UK news, it is anything but phantom, pay close attention

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      1. Steers Mann‏ @SteersMann 5 Feb 2017
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        Seems U know diddlysquat abt Islam: http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/europes-no-go-zones-inside-the-lawless-ghettos-that-breed-and-harbour-terrorists … https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/01/15/bill-banning-child-marriage-fails-in-pakistan-after-its-deemed-un-islamic/ … https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/maajid-nawaz-notes-that-moderate-uk-muslims-arent-that-moderate/ … #BanIslam @BostonGlobepic.twitter.com/SEQnvJwFvZ

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      1. Wagner's music‏ @Wagnersmusic1 4 Feb 2017
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        The men who killed 4000 on 9/11 could have been kept out if we had common sense.

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      1. Elizabeth Blumenthal‏ @QuantumGrl 4 Feb 2017
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        Please address: if anti-terrorism costs U.S. ~100B annually is the *cost* worth our freedom? http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/16/news/economy/cost-of-fighting-terrorism/ …

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      1. Paul Marsh‏ @PaulMarsh111 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        The point is that it's a statistically irrelevant threat, compared to others. Countermeasures are disproportionate.

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      1. Samuel Schwarzeberg‏ @schwarzeberg 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        People aren't afraid of terrorism. They're afraid, rightly, of long term trends in demographics and cultural beliefs.

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      1. Chels Famo‏ @famo_chels 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        prfct example of it: Only counting dead as victims of attacks, not all of America.

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      1. (((CZARKING)))‏ @CZAR__KING 4 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        commentators here seem to be missing the point even if Pinker's choice of wording is questionable

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