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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 29 Jul 2017

    Let psychiatrists talk about Trump’s mental state (in-person exams are not particularly reliable anyway).http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/07/28/let-psychiatrists-talk-about-trump-mental-state/hOBqRC8krC3AJBmrcAEEGM/story.html?event=event25 …

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      1. LaurieEndicottThomas‏ @LaurieEThomas 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Psychiatry can do little about personality disorders. Nor do we need psychiatrists to help us spot them.https://nottrivialbook.com/2016/11/11/trump-narcissist/ …

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      1. Mark Forman‏ @MarkDForman 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        For anyone interested, here is Trump's mental health in 8 tweets. It's not policy, it's mental-health/stability.https://twitter.com/i/moments/875128043341086720 …

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      2. Wasantha Wijesundera‏ @wasanthapw 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        It will be also very useful to understand the people who voted for #Trump and their reasoning. This catastrophe should not happen again!

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      2. Christina Behme‏ @ChristinaBehme4 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        You HAVE strong beliefs about T's mental state - why open slippery slope for professionals to discuss publicly anyone's mental state?

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      3. Chris‏ @Chrisyahahha 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @ChristinaBehme4 @sapinker

        You don't get as much information from any other person as you do from someone who is in the media every day.

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      4. Christina Behme‏ @ChristinaBehme4 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Chrisyahahha @sapinker

        supports my point: if a shrink would say Trump is just fine we would not believe him - but in cases where less info is available we might...

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      2. Vincent Pratt‏ @timfreedom15 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Barack Hussein Obama grew up in Sunni Muslim Indonesia. Told NYTIMES Arabic call o prayer most beautiful. Can you investigate Obama's mind?

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      3. BigWaterOceanWater‏ @glundle 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @timfreedom15 @sapinker

        So growing up somewhere and considering a religious incantation to be aesthetically pleasing is signs of mental illness? Go on...

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      1. The Tweets™‏ @FTweets789 30 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        if in person is not reliable, then non person consulatation is guaranteed to to more unreliable aka fake. simple logic.

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      1. A Slime draws near!‏ @0xFADEDACE 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Sadly, I have a personality disorder & I recognized it in Trump instantly. Neurotypical ppl are blinded by typical mind fallacy. #DutyToWarn

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      1. Dr. Zan‏ @Dr_Zan_ 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        My shrink says u r gay

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      1. S.‏ @E_c_h_o 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        The takeaway *should have been* that psychiatrists are fallible. Not that they become infallible behind closed doors.

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      1. Impolitic‏ @impoliticaljnky 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Right, the GW rule is like requiring palm readers to actually hold the hand rather than looking at a picture. Tele-quackery works just fine.

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      2. Dr PaulSimon‏ @DrPaulSimon 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @disorderedworld

        Analyse his personality profile ok. Assessment of mental state-no, that is a professional assessment.

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      3. Disordered World‏ @disorderedworld 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @DrPaulSimon @sapinker

        Prudence Gourguechon's suggestion that the criteria in the Army’s field manual on leadership be applied to President is a real step forward

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      2. Marcus Tullius‏ @pavo_burel 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        That rule protects psychiatrists from making fools of themselves. Just because you strongly disagree with someone doesn't make them crazy.

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      3. Marcus Tullius‏ @pavo_burel 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @pavo_burel @sapinker

        "in-person exams are not particularly reliable anyway". Lol, burn. If I ever meet a psychiatrist I will tell him Pinker said that.

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      2. Chibi Thomas Jefferson's Ghost‏ @PixyMisa 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        And while we're at it, let's allow engineers to approve plans for bridges and skyscrapers just from looking at an artist's sketch.

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      3. Chibi Thomas Jefferson's Ghost‏ @PixyMisa 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @PixyMisa @sapinker

        Let's allow judges to convict suspects because they think they look guilty. Let's commit troops to war because the other guys look weird.

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      4. Jacob Valenta‏ @Ocreata 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @PixyMisa @sapinker

        Because of Goldwater, all we are allowed to look at is the sketches. Your argument is "this is too important," but that's my argument, too.

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      5. Chibi Thomas Jefferson's Ghost‏ @PixyMisa 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Ocreata @sapinker

        This bridge is too important to bother with checking the engineering diagrams. This random guys says we're good to go.

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      6. Chibi Thomas Jefferson's Ghost‏ @PixyMisa 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @PixyMisa @Ocreata @sapinker

        Bridge falls down, hundreds of people die. That's why they had laws preventing that nonsense back in the flipping Bronze Age.

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      7. Jacob Valenta‏ @Ocreata 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @PixyMisa @sapinker

        The country is too important to not answer the question of the leader's mental capacity. "Bridge falls down," millions of people die.

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      8. Chibi Thomas Jefferson's Ghost‏ @PixyMisa 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Ocreata @sapinker

        "It's too important for us to follow the rules." The go-to excuse of petty criminals and tyrants throughout history.

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      9. Chibi Thomas Jefferson's Ghost‏ @PixyMisa 29 Jul 2017
        Replying to @PixyMisa @Ocreata @sapinker

        I'm fine with psychiatrists throwing ethics to the wind and making baloney assessments of the mental health of someone they never met.

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