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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 15 Apr 2017

    Charles Murray’s supposedly Provocative Talk was judged moderate by college profs who read it unaware of its author.https://nyti.ms/2oL3jz2 

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      2. dethe‏ @BosniaPM 15 Apr 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        if you divorce a paper from the author's body of work, you judge it differently! this certainly nullifies the better informed judgement.

        1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
      3. dethe‏ @BosniaPM 15 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BosniaPM @sapinker

        why would anyone object to a speaker saying the sky is blue!? oh yeah the speaker is a phrenologist, but whatever

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      5. dethe‏ @BosniaPM 15 Apr 2017
        Replying to @sekigonori @sapinker

        hm lefties object to someone saying 2+2=4? you must hate maths! yes the guy saying it is a war criminal, what's that got to do with anything

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      6.  🤖 Sonya Mann  🎀‏Verified account @sonyaellenmann 16 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BosniaPM @sekigonori @sapinker

        Consider that even when they knew who it was they said it was middle of the road

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      7. dethe‏ @BosniaPM 16 Apr 2017
        Replying to @sonyaellenmann @sekigonori @sapinker

        perhaps "the scientific racism guy's talk wasn't judged to be all that bad" isn't the stellar defence you think it is

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      8.  🤖 Sonya Mann  🎀‏Verified account @sonyaellenmann 16 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BosniaPM @sekigonori @sapinker

        You're still mischaracterizing Murray's work :)

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      9. dethe‏ @BosniaPM 16 Apr 2017
        Replying to @sonyaellenmann @sekigonori @sapinker

        he's miscaracterising black people, so I'm sure that's just par for the course

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      1. Mance Rayder  💭‏ @mnrothbard 16 Apr 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        When that Marxist speaker last month at that college was assaulted by right wing thugs...oh yeah, that didn't happen to any Marxist.

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      2. Joshua Loftus‏ @joftius 15 Apr 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        because college profs aren't remotely leftist

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Siberian Fox‏ @SilverVVulpes 16 Apr 2017
        Replying to @joftius @sapinker

        as compared to the general population they are

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      4. Joshua Loftus‏ @joftius 16 Apr 2017
        Replying to @SilverVVulpes @sapinker

        nah, you're confusing moderate/liberal with leftist

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      5. Siberian Fox‏ @SilverVVulpes 16 Apr 2017
        Replying to @joftius @sapinker

        oh. I'd still expect leftist overepresentation, but it's true that not nearly as much as the liberal one

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      1. Craig Harper‏ @CraigHarper19 16 Apr 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Currently planning a study like this. I'm convinced we heuristically process political text according to author attributions - not content.

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      1. Andrew Pessin‏ @AndrewPessin 16 Apr 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        moderate is clearly the new extreme. not to mention, moderation (in pursuit of justice) is no virtue. So moderation must be banished. QED.

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      1. Brian Sniffen‏ @BrianSniffen 15 Apr 2017
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        what kind of scores do other texts get in such conditions?

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      1. Thomas‏ @donnellymin 16 Apr 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Maybe the point is Charles Murray and history of being a racist crank. Guess the students can see the woods unlike yourself

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      1. Sam Callan‏ @COSDawg85 16 Apr 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @RogerPielkeJr

        Even if it were provocative he should have been allowed to speak.

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      1. Hervey Copeland‏ @Hervey_Copeland 15 Apr 2017
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        Facts will not sway the opinion of an imbecile.

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