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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 3 Oct 2017

    Don’t Name, Show Them; Report all Else: Deny Mass Killers Attention & Deter Future Offenders - A Lankford, E Madfishttps://goo.gl/xTsWcJ 

    10:59 AM - 3 Oct 2017
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      2. Guillermo León  🇲🇽‏ @gmoleon 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Disagree. Same media coverage is seen worlwide. It is unlikely we’ll see a copycat outside the USA. Something to think about.

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      3. Doug Janack‏ @DougJanack 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @gmoleon @sapinker

        Good point.

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      1. Gavin Revitt‏ @Gavrev 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        The assumption being notoriety is the goal. It won't always be.

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      2. Larry Ray‏ @LarryJRay 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        1516 mass shootings in 1735 days The US has an accelerating violence problem that censoring reportage isn't going to address.

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      3. Honesty Now‏ @philoTruth 5 Oct 2017
        Replying to @LarryJRay @sapinker

        I agree the proposal is weak at best, w/ a lot of potential to backfire. Where did you get your data of 1516 mass shootings?

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      4. Larry Ray‏ @LarryJRay 5 Oct 2017
        Replying to @philoTruth @sapinker

        1,516 mass shootings in 1,735 days: America's gun crisis – in one charthttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/oct/02/america-mass-shootings-gun-violence?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard …

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      1. chris fallon‏ @LondonandLA 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        But unfortunately this strategy could sow more mistrust/paranoia and generate yet more crazy conspiracy theories.

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      1. travis‏ @travis_willmann 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Quit stifling the first amendment right of media syndicates to sell advertising

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      1. Taylor Nezbit‏ @TayNez81 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I'm not saying the experts are wrong, but morbid curiosity will always get the best of us. It's a ratings bonanza and the news is a biz.

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      1. gr.BlockWintergold‏ @BlockWintergold 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Steven, can you please link to evidence supporting the assertions in the letter, especially regarding shooter motivation?

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      2. ParadoX‏ @UnC0mm0nGr0und 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Do any studies use "anonymous fame" controls? Terrorists care for their cause; "ticking bombs" care for their masterpiece. Not personalized?

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      3. ParadoX‏ @UnC0mm0nGr0und 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @UnC0mm0nGr0und @sapinker

        Consider, even serial killers seem to prefer being pseudonymically famous and uncaught, over personal fame, I think?

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      1. Aidan K.‏ @WellsiteGeo 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        There is profit in the coverage , therefore coverage will increase.

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      2. @treibers‏ @TreiberS 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        most of them end up dead. So what attention? I agree generally with this, but...it's not enough.

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      3. ParadoX‏ @UnC0mm0nGr0und 4 Oct 2017
        Replying to @TreiberS @sapinker

        It's not attention as a person. It's knowing you made a mark on history. Sane people can't understand those without a soul.

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      1. Spicu Ion‏ @SpicuIon 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        But what about the Ratings?

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      1. Bridging Our Divide‏ @BridgeOurDivide 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Yes. Why is there not more attention on this issue? Fame and lengthy news-biographies accompany each horrific event.

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      2. JenJen Who Could‏ @JenJenWhoCould 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Thank you for sharing this. I am skeptical that this incident is correctly labeled 'terrorism'. Attention seeking is completely different...

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      3. Aidan K.‏ @WellsiteGeo 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @JenJenWhoCould @sapinker

        How so? Seems very atrention-seeking to me.

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      4. Aidan K.‏ @WellsiteGeo 3 Oct 2017
        Replying to @WellsiteGeo @JenJenWhoCould @sapinker

        I mean, terrorism seems very attention-seeking to me.

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