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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 3 Oct 2017

    An Open Letter to the media from crime experts regarding rampage shooters: Don't Name Them, Don't Show Them.https://goo.gl/sbZebs 

    10:55 AM - 3 Oct 2017
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      2. TR Slyder‏ @AndyDisco 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        But if it were someone you used to know or kinda knew, wouldn’t you like to know that?

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      4. TR Slyder‏ @AndyDisco 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BrianSaetre @sapinker

        If your neighbor had 7 sons and he and 1 son staged a mass shooting, would you want to know? Would you want ur fam near remaining 6 sons?

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. Lamar‏ @lsuniverse 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        No, that's just censoring the news.

        3 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      3. taibu‏ @taibu_istgaming 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @lsuniverse @sapinker

        Censoring is to force them, not to ask for common sense.

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      2. Improv‏ @dachte 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        This may address motivations of shooters, but there's a public interest in understanding events like this that prob should override this.

        2 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
      3. Tiberius Spock‏ @CNC3P0 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @dachte @sapinker

        Which public interest? And why?

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      1. Paul Roundy‏ @PaulRoundy1 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        People should be able to find the name, as it may be directly relevant to some, but it should be buried in articles, not highlighted.

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      1. Azote de Trolls‏ @fotwitmaton 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I'm not sure this is feasible even if it's the best course of action

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      2. Aloo is Great!‏ @RequireEvidence 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg

        I don't know if I can wholly agree or disagree with this. If news media reporting of gun violence encourages copycats crimes, (1/2)

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      3. Aloo is Great!‏ @RequireEvidence 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @RequireEvidence @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg

        where does that leave fictional media such as films and videogames portraying similar incidents? (2/2)

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      2. SheckyR (#25thAmendment ASAP)‏ @SheckyR 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        This would've been hard enough in the day of 3 TV channels & newspapers; today surely impossible.

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      1. Kevin M Roessger‏ @DrRoessger 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg

        Excellent advice from revered scientists who study human behavior. But sigh ... who needs #science when there's viewers to hook.

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      1. sophopitop 🚡‏ @sophopitop 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg

        But...journalism?

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      1. Doug Stienstra‏ @orangevida 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I like this, but how can we get the thousands of different media outlets to get behind this? Only takes 1 to give the shooter mass exposure

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      1. Mark O. Van Wagoner‏ @VanWagoner 3 Oct 2017
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        Censorship is never good.

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