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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 1 Nov 2017

    How economic prosperity spared witches (poverty & lethal superstitions often go together). https://usat.ly/2zLTHpX  via @usatoday

    11:48 AM - 1 Nov 2017
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    • artisans.global Pisssmaker Moses Obita kvarg vikernes Evander (((David Shor))) Lady of the Locust Shell ЅUℕℕᎽℳᎾᎾℕ🌞🌝 Alexander Coleman
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      2.  🎃 💀haunted chick 💀 🎃‏ @hbdchick 4 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @USATODAY

        witch-hunts in medieval europe had a rather specific geographical distribution (https://hbdchick.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/to-disbelieve-in-witchcraft-is-the-greatest-of-heresies/ …):pic.twitter.com/ucC4LK81J7

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      3.  🎃 💀haunted chick 💀 🎃‏ @hbdchick 4 Nov 2017
        Replying to @hbdchick @sapinker @USATODAY

         🎃 💀haunted chick 💀 🎃 Retweeted Darwin's Finch

        https://twitter.com/finchesofdarwin/status/877240902300741632 …

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        Darwin's Finch @FinchesofDarwin
        Replying to @FinchesofDarwin
        The relationship between confessional-battles & witch-trial activities (end): http://www.peterleeson.com/Witch_Trials.pdf … pic.twitter.com/xVE012DCN0
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      1. Matthew ماثيو‏ @ascentialists 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @USATODAY

        (Haven't read it yet) - I recall people who feel less in control of their destiny are more superstitious. Baseball is a prime example.

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      1. π‏ @slutreplik 2 Nov 2017
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        As does stupidity.

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      1. Paul Roundy‏ @PaulRoundy1 1 Nov 2017
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        What? I hear the president discussing witch hunts all the time!

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      1. PHummell‏ @Hummer53 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @HumanProgress @USATODAY

        hope that's a heavy duty broomstick they got.

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      1. I.Am.Victim‏ @I_Am_Victim 1 Nov 2017
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        Primitive cultures also correlated with belief in and persecution of witches

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      1.  🇮🇳LPK  🇮🇳‏ @LPK1981 1 Nov 2017
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        I can't stop laughing at this headline!

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