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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 4 Mar 2017

    Did coffee give us the Enlightenment?http://humanprogress.org/blog/how-alcohol-and-caffeine-helped-create-civilization …

    10:36 AM - 4 Mar 2017
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    • Senecas son Moshe Hoffman Lorraine Lewin Lindsey Zuluaga Jerome Wilson J Coffey Visionary Organics Алена Smart Record Chris Young
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      1. Tom Standage‏Verified account @tomstandage 4 Mar 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        In the book I argue that it gave us the Scientific Revolution first. Caffeine—fuel of the information economy since the 17th C

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      1.  🦉 Wisdomination  🦉‏ @Supreme_Owl_FTW 4 Mar 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @HumanProgress

        My own piece from months ago.pic.twitter.com/mQKsVVVnmR

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      1. DrMA‏ @mihotep 5 Mar 2017
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        .@sapinker @humanprogress of course true progress was only realized after the adoption of #nicotine by a large enough population

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      1. Dolores DeGiacomo‏ @DD_LifeCoach 4 Mar 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @HumanProgress

        coffee is usually where I get my enlightenment on a daily basis.

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      2. Bodyinmind.com‏ @Body_in_Mind 4 Mar 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Geniuses gave us the enlightenment, not coffee. No amount of coffee will make someone a genius. And I should know! 🤣

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      3. Bodyinmind.com‏ @Body_in_Mind 4 Mar 2017
        Replying to @Body_in_Mind @sapinker

        But this kind of self-defeating, anti-ideological pop science from another kind of genius IS why the enlightenment is almost over.

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      2. Brian Cowan‏ @drsacheverell 4 Mar 2017
        Replying to @CynthiaLTang @sapinker

        My book on coffee argues against this thesis, but recent work on deep history and the brain has prompted a rethink

        0 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
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      1. Michael Harris‏ @mikeharrisNY 4 Mar 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        No, flying green elephants with 6 feet gave you the enlightenment @nntaleb .

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      1. Annie Laurie Gaylor‏ @algffrf 5 Mar 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        You have to believe in something and I believe . . . I'll have another cup of coffee!

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      2. BayouPhysicist‏ @bayouphysicist 4 Mar 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        @JordanWappler @humanprogress yaas...that's always been my theory...coffee is the greatest substance in all history!

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      3. BayouPhysicist‏ @bayouphysicist 4 Mar 2017
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        oh yeah and alcohol...uninhibited creativity vs focus--need both

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      1. sochrum‏ @sochrum 4 Mar 2017
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        @contog @humanprogress isn't this just the Stoned Ape theory with different chemicals?

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      1. Dwayne D.‏ @dwayned 4 Mar 2017
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        this is a well documented hypothesis.

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      1. Níčhölás Rees‏ @NicholasRees1 4 Mar 2017
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        and what are you on?

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      2. Nominal Cog‏ @cognominal 4 Mar 2017
        Replying to @TylerDoor @sapinker @HumanProgress

        the Middle East does not need any help. It needs occident stopping meddling in its affairs

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      4. Nominal Cog‏ @cognominal 4 Mar 2017
        Replying to @TylerDoor @sapinker @HumanProgress

        read the "lost hegemon" to see how Islam was weaponized by England, then UShttps://www.amazon.com/Lost-Hegemon-Whom-would-destroy-ebook/dp/B01FMPNKJK …

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