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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 23 May 2017

    "Gender studies" is an academic field that deserves criticism, but The “Conceptual Penis” hoax missed the mark.http://www.salon.com/2017/05/22/why-the-conceptual-penis-hoax-was-a-bust-it-only-reveals-the-lack-of-skepticism-among-skeptics/#.WST61hc1dso.twitter …

    8:16 PM - 23 May 2017
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      2. Peregrine Touchwood‏ @MrTouchwood 24 May 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker .@Salon good article but the third to last paragraph is TOTAL bullshit. .@xriskology

        2 replies 2 retweets 8 likes
      3. Peregrine Touchwood‏ @MrTouchwood 24 May 2017
        Replying to @MrTouchwood

        .@sapinker .@Salon .@xriskology See @JonHaidt on "social justice" and where it doesn't overlap w justice, Phil Torres.

        1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
      4. Peregrine Touchwood‏ @MrTouchwood 24 May 2017
        Replying to @MrTouchwood

        .@sapinker .@Salon .@xriskology To normalize the far Left is just as dangerous as normalizing the far Right. Please educate yourself, Phil

        2 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
      5. Phil Torres‏ @xriskology 24 May 2017
        Replying to @MrTouchwood @sapinker @Salon

        What should I read? What would you recommend?

        9 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Peregrine Touchwood‏ @MrTouchwood 25 May 2017
        Replying to @xriskology

        You imply the authors & their supporters "pushback against women’s rights, gender equality, racial equality.." That's farcical.

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      7. Peregrine Touchwood‏ @MrTouchwood 25 May 2017
        Replying to @MrTouchwood

        .@xriskology *None* of the authors I rec'd you pushes back "against women’s rights, gender equality, racial equality.." They are liberals.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. Peregrine Touchwood‏ @MrTouchwood 25 May 2017
        Replying to @MrTouchwood

        .@xriskology Liberals support legal equality of races, sexes etc and push back against SJWs. Two different things kiddo.

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      9. Phil Torres‏ @xriskology 25 May 2017
        Replying to @MrTouchwood

        I said "part of a larger trend" at the end of article, kiddo.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      10. End of conversation
      1. (((Yvette)))‏Verified account @TheSciBabe 24 May 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I was on this a few days ago:http://scibabe.com/chicken 

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      2. Michael Brown‏ @MJIBrown 23 May 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Interesting to compare the reaction to this hoax with the reaction to a hoax paper in a mathematics journal.http://retractionwatch.com/2012/04/17/math-paper-retracted-because-it-contains-no-scientific-content/ …

        2 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
      3. Jorgen Burstrom‏ @jayphonic 23 May 2017
        Replying to @MJIBrown @sapinker

        From what I've seen of other hoaxes in other disciplines, there is real world consequences for editors. Yet to see how this plays out here

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Michael Brown‏ @MJIBrown 23 May 2017
        Replying to @jayphonic @sapinker

        Could be interesting given this 3-year old journal has **159** editors, including 5 senior editors.https://www.cogentoa.com/journal/social-sciences …

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      2. J. Emmanuel Earlybird Zontali S.‏ @cognazor 23 May 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        it was quite a telling and embarrassing indication of cognitive biases of the so called rational skeptics.

        1 reply 2 retweets 18 likes
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      2. J 🎃mie P 🎃lmer  👻‏ @j4mi3p 23 May 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        It's kind of tragic how they managed to miss such a large and inviting target.

        1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
      3. Sam Schulman كافر| ن‏ @Sam_Schulman 23 May 2017
        Replying to @j4mi3p @jacobinism @sapinker

        As one possessed of such a member, I was offended.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Studio Brulé‏ @StudioBrule 23 May 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        And yet Gender Studies is still a bogus academic field

        1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
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      2. Brian Hawkins‏ @GCUBrianHawkins 23 May 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Nice seeing someone accept criticism.

        1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes
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