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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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pinker.wjh.harvard.edu
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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 11 Aug 2017

    Hooray for Mary Beard: Erudition, integrity, nuance, clarity, charm.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/06/mary-beard-twitter-abuse-roman-britain-ethnic-diversity?CMP=share_btn_tw …

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      1. Brian Donohue‏ @ennuigogo 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Just because @nntaleb is irascible doesn't mean Beard isn't being dishonest here.

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      1. Christian Rutherford‏ @Impitoyable 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        It wasn't particularly charming of her to declare after 9/11 that America "had it coming".

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      2. Mel Konner‏ @TangledWing 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Most empires in history have succeeded through inclusiveness. I came, I saw, I conquered, I recruited the best talent. Purity is a fable.

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      3. Natanael‏ @natanaelmoro 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @TangledWing @sapinker

        That is probably true to some extent. However, loyalty to the ethnic group has likely been more common, even in empires.

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      1. GuruAnaerobic‏ @GuruAnaerobic 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        This is misrepresentative drivel. Here's the real story: …http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/the-bbc-mary-beard-and-diversity-in.html …

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      1. JonMcartneyPaulLenon‏ @iamJMPL 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Actually beard dishonestly attacked taleb, then took his response out of context and her assertions aren't backed by DNA evidence

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      2. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        So women are biologically adapted to be classicists, just not engineers or executives. #GotIt

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      3. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @el_blanc0 @sapinker

        I wonder what Mary would say about your support of specious, misogynistic pseudoscience? But free speech, right? To hell with science.

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      5. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @killallhelghans @sapinker

        ...which would be true if scientific research drew any correlations that were made in the memo. It doesn't. That research does not exist.

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      6. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @el_blanc0 @killallhelghans @sapinker

        That is, in fact, the definition of pseudoscience. Throw in a little science with a pile of bulls*it.

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      8. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @killallhelghans @sapinker

        Is that part of your bot programming? Argument lost; begin insults. 😂😂😂

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      1. KellyMandelbrot‏ @KellyMandelbrot 17 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Looks like Pinker's dismissal of Taleb is leading him to make ridiculously wrong statements supporting ignorance in this instance. BS vendor

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      1. ADRIAN RAINBOW‏ @WAFFLEUPPAGUS 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        And falsified history, c'mon, this was just another virtue signaler taking her own agenda too seriously. This 'blackwashing' is everywhere.

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      1. Not the Midwest‏ @notthemidwest 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Or maybe ppl think the implicit claim that there was a Roman Berber in old Britain ergo mass Muslim migration is same ol' is a non sequitur

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      2. HotZee‏ @Hot_Zee 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Nassim is so smart, just ask him, he'll tell you.

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      3. DM‏ @demac17 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Hot_Zee

        He sounds butt hurt

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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