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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 21 May 2017

    You Still Need Your Brain: excellent essay on why the net can't replace knowledge, by cog psychologist D Willinghamhttps://nyti.ms/2rArYVn 

    7:15 AM - 21 May 2017
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    • Neuro Philosophus Tracy Miller Debashis Dutta, Ph.D. Azhania N. Siswadi GLOBAL LINES Mr Toribio-Mateas Felipe Jaramillo hello_byebye Beatriz Pont
    17 replies 613 retweets 1,005 likes
      1. Zack Goldberg‏ @gackzoldberg 21 May 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Kasparov63

        Straw Man argument? Solving quadratics may be important. Thinking they need 2 know exact formula fools ppl into thinking they're bad @ math

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      1. metadesigners‏ @metadesigners 21 May 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @tombennett71

        It's not all about the brain. Surely, if everyday thinking is situated, knowledge has a tacit component i.e. meaning=body+sense+memory+world

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      1. TJ‏ @TJ800 21 May 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        An article on the net about why the net can't replace knowledge. Hmm. Plus the article finishes with a correction due to lack of knowledge.

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      1. Paul Hopkins‏ @hopkinsmmi 22 May 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @C_Hendrick

        Except a fairer précis might be an exploration of which knowledge the web can replace 🤐🤔🙄

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      1. Paul Bieniasz‏ @PaulBieniasz 21 May 2017
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        One cannot synthesize new ideas without holding the multiple pieces knowledge on which they usually are based in a single brain

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      1. Slade‏ @GranthamSlade 16 Jun 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @MelissaHui

        I read all your books.

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      1. chOppingCart 👹 🔪‏ @eggman6001 21 May 2017
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        i thought my stupidity would take me to great heights

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      1. joannes‏ @jan359180 21 May 2017
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        and heart, and soul, to end up on the right side of life!

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