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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 15 Aug 2017

    The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-unfortunate-fallout-of-campus-postmodernism/?wt.mc=SA_Twitter-Share … #science

    5:16 PM - 15 Aug 2017
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      1. Metis‏ @celox1 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Jonathan Haidt's "The Righteous Mind" was brilliant when published in 2012 & even more relevant now. Colleges are self-immolating via PC.pic.twitter.com/YNGxjCOUBG

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      2. B 👿b Blaskiewicz  ✌ 💛 👽‏ @rjblaskiewicz 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Goddamn it, Shermer. I just finished writing my chapter on science promoters treating the humanities like shit.

        2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
      3. B 👿b Blaskiewicz  ✌ 💛 👽‏ @rjblaskiewicz 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @rjblaskiewicz @sapinker

        This is why Jesus created blogs, then.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Some Dude Named Mike‏ @DiatonicSciNerd 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @rjblaskiewicz @sapinker

        I misread your name and this is what popped into my head. Happy accident though, as I found a new website (yours) to frequentpic.twitter.com/AIRKM4Oo9o

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. B 👿b Blaskiewicz  ✌ 💛 👽‏ @rjblaskiewicz 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @DiatonicSciNerd @sapinker

        Haha.

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      1. Phoenix‏ @The_Street_Kid 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        This is what happens when you take any ideology too far. There are many. And they all should be questioned.

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      1. Christina Behme‏ @ChristinaBehme4 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        a twisted ankle is unfortunate; the revenge racism and sexism going on at universities dwarfs the GDR propaganda machine and needs to stop

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      1. How does it work‏ @generuso 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Now imagine that in the future we will come to really understand how Mind/Culture work. How embarrassing it would then be to look back...

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      2. Rebarbative‏ @Genuflectional 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Yes, this is the pressing problem of the day.

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      3. Chibi Thomas Jefferson's Ghost‏ @PixyMisa 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Genuflectional @sapinker

        Actually, it kind of is. This is one of the underlying causes of all the crap that's going on.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. 19th Century Lit‏ @19thL 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @PixyMisa @sapinker

        That's a thesis often repeated but never substantiated. Seems more likely anti-immigration and "cultural" anxiety (euphemsm) are main causes

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Chibi Thomas Jefferson's Ghost‏ @PixyMisa 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @19thL @sapinker

        Antifa are anti-immigration and culturally anxious, so they're smashing shop windows in Berkeley. Got it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. 19th Century Lit‏ @19thL 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @PixyMisa @Penman1961 @sapinker

        I think I was misunderstood. The causes I listed caused the current national disaster, and the presidency of an unfit man, not the antifa

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      2. N.G.McClernan‏ @ngmcclernan 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        How perfect that at a time when neo-Nazis are rampaging on a campus Pinker's real problem is "postmodernism."

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Toxis‏ @Toxisas 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @ngmcclernan @sapinker

        This IS why neo-nazis are rampaging on campuses, because the church of social justice was ignored by intelligent ppl - imbeciles crawled out

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. N.G.McClernan‏ @ngmcclernan 16 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Toxisas @sapinker

        How perfect - Nazi/Trump sympathizers rush in to defend Pinker.

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      2. C. memex‏ @internetimal 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @herzoghal

        What's interesting is that this is all stupid but asking people to play along with the subjective experience of a fraction of real history.

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      3. Sexy as Dick‏ @JoeLengua 16 Aug 2017
        Replying to @internetimal @sapinker @herzoghal

        Stop defending racism and bigotry.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. C. memex‏ @internetimal 16 Aug 2017
        Replying to @JoeLengua @sapinker @herzoghal

        You win at Twitter.

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      5. Sexy as Dick‏ @JoeLengua 16 Aug 2017
        Replying to @internetimal @sapinker @herzoghal

        I win at everything. And let that dog out of that cage will you?

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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