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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 17 Sep 2017

    The story behind Quillette, one of the most stimulating & original new web magazines. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/more-mortal/201709/taking-risks-move-the-culture-forward …

    11:48 AM - 17 Sep 2017
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      2. Doug Janack‏ @DougJanack 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Does anyone actually believe in a "blank slate" idea of human nature? Not only does that not seem "leftist" to me. It doesn't seem real.

        5 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @DougJanack @sapinker

        After Sol Retweeted Michael Lopresto

        https://twitter.com/michaellopresto/status/896314624760348672 …

        After Sol added,

        Michael Lopresto @michaellopresto
        Having written a doctoral thesis on the nature-nurture debate over the last 5 years, I can attest that this is 100% correct. https://twitter.com/Locus_of_Ctrl/status/896005947209859072 …
        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Doug Janack‏ @DougJanack 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Locus_of_Ctrl @sapinker

        Could you name some "leftist" thinkers anyone has heard of that believe that? I'm curious.

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      5. (((Colin Wight)))‏ @colwight 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @DougJanack @Locus_of_Ctrl @sapinker

        Judith Butler...

        2 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
      6. Doug Janack‏ @DougJanack 18 Sep 2017
        Replying to @colwight @Locus_of_Ctrl @sapinker

        Good point. If you remove one thinker's radical gender theories, hardly anything remains of the political left, eh? ;-)

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      7. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl 18 Sep 2017
        Replying to @DougJanack @colwight @sapinker

        A few comments: 1) It's a strawman to say "there's more to political left" because @QuilletteM isn't trying to "destroy" political left

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      8. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl 18 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Locus_of_Ctrl @DougJanack and

        ..Only influence of people like Judith Butler (who's enormously influential - one could say entire gender theory curriculum is based on her)

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      9. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl 18 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Locus_of_Ctrl @DougJanack and

        2) You are correct, there's more to political left - e.g. there is classical Marxian theory of class conflict which had been shoved aside...

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. (((off year elector)))‏ @braziljosh 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Peter thiel is her inspiration - the guy who rigged a court case to shut down free speech?

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      4. (((off year elector)))‏ @braziljosh 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @killallhelghans @sapinker

        Wow, it's her words and have you seen this?https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/11/nick-denton-peter-thiel-plot-to-murder-gawker …

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Paula Wright‏ @SexyIsntSexist 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        1. Claire was a member & admin of the Darwinian Gender Studies forum for many years. It's no a matter of luck that she knows so many...

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Paula Wright‏ @SexyIsntSexist 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @SexyIsntSexist @sapinker

        2. Darwinian researchers, she met most of them at DGS and the forum a significant part of her journey. She left on bad terms so I understand

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Paula Wright‏ @SexyIsntSexist 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @SexyIsntSexist @sapinker

        3. why she has erased it from her history but it remains a missing, but crucial, link in the chain. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2454842234/# …

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Michael Lukas, Ph.D.‏ @JoyfulSisyphean 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Yeah, how "stimulating & original" to whine about "political correctness" & refer to P. Thiel as if he's some nuanced thinker. #neoliberal

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Eugene Scherba‏ @etangent 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @JoyfulSisyphean @sapinker

        To dethrone Thiel in this context, you must first dethrone his analogy of Vatican and academia, which was brilliant.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Michael Lukas, Ph.D.‏ @JoyfulSisyphean 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @etangent @sapinker

        No, you don't have to dethrone laughable straw man claims like asserting that professors are a "priestly class" that "does little work".

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Eugene Scherba‏ @etangent 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @JoyfulSisyphean @sapinker

        As an English instructor, you ought to understand things like metaphor and allegory.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Michael Lukas, Ph.D.‏ @JoyfulSisyphean 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @etangent @sapinker

        Indeed! Very reason I critiqued the analogy as untenable under even cursory scrutiny. It's Atlas Shrugged, libertarian masturbatory fantasy.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Eugene Scherba‏ @etangent 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @JoyfulSisyphean @sapinker

        No. The analogy is much deeper than your surface perception of it suggests. Try harder.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Michael Lukas, Ph.D.‏ @JoyfulSisyphean 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @etangent @sapinker

        Yeah, nice condescension, know-it-all. What the fuck would I know, I just I do this analysis for a living.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      9. Eugene Scherba‏ @etangent 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @JoyfulSisyphean @sapinker

        Yes, you are a living example of Thiel's argument being absolutely correct.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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