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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 11 Aug 2017

    Excellent analysis of the Google affair & its larger implications by David Brooks.https://nyti.ms/2vohbSQ 

    7:18 AM - 11 Aug 2017
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      2. Vedran Aberle Tokić aka Barney‏ @tearspell 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Having the exact oposite experience at @toptal. Voiced concerns about PC, so they organized an open panel where I could voice them...

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      3. Vedran Aberle Tokić aka Barney‏ @tearspell 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @tearspell @sapinker @toptal

        Happening in a couple of hours... wish me luck.

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      1. Christina B‏ @ChristinaBehme4 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        C. F. wrote he cannot remember the last time so many ... mischaracterized so many aspects... - uhm try Tuvel affair - this is NORMAL now

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      1. Stu_!$_Flu_Manchu‏ @StuartAC130 11 Aug 2017
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        Great read, very well reasoned.

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      1. Dennis‏ @DenOfSix 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I read the memo. Is it our lack of understanding of the logical process and/or the mite of the justice warrior (or other) for this tsunami?

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      1. Dylan Bailey‏ @dylanbailey7591 11 Aug 2017

        Because Brooks only delineated the argument to indicate where the preponderance of evidence lies?

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      2. Bubbler  😷 💉 💉 💉‏ @Bubbler00 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Why do you need David Brooks to peddle your false equivalencies?

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      3. Bubbler  😷 💉 💉 💉‏ @Bubbler00 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Bubbler00 @sapinker

        We are not either blank slates or pre-programmed automatons, whose behavior is mapped from the womb. That's near religious think.

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      1. Katrin‏ @katrintheresa 11 Aug 2017
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        Sundar Pichai is brave.... and speaking of "pitching" ... I'm reminded of this: https://youtu.be/9lsS9MzFyRE  (Bishop's Wife)

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      2. stucal‏ @stucalion 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @NCResq @sapinker

        I would in fact fire the people who believe this - because clearly they have poor reading comprehension and critical thinking skills

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