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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 11 Dec 2017

    Can you really sell sh*t as a drug? Pharma companies are trying. @ericboodman https://www.statnews.com/2017/12/06/these-companies-want-to-transform-our-gut-bugs-into-drugs-but-how-soon-will-they-hit-the-market/ … via @statnews

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      1. John Herrmann‏ @ablT315I 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        Bio/pharma marketing folk prefer to brand as “crapsules”

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      1. Huaqero - Lega Est‏ @HuaqeroGr 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        Probiotics are just that

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      1. Jürgen A. Erhard‏ @georgehank 12 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        Homeopathists do that all the time. "Excrementum Caninum" is used as an "active" (hah!) ingredient.

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      1. Gonzalo Ayala Ibarre‏ @_GonzaloA_ 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        Oh, shit.

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      1. Jonathan Wilkinson‏ @johnmusofficial 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        Trump has successfully made this offer already.

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      1. Spiritman ♫‏ @SpiritmanProd_ 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        That is so asking me to say: "Well, you've been selling it in book form for ages!", but I can't bring myself to do it; it would be too unjust.

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      1. Neal Jordan‏ @Neal_A_Jordan 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        It’s a dirty job... but somebody’s gotta do it.

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      1. @acb@mastodon.social‏ @andrewcb 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        Well, the word “shit” has been used as a colloquial synonym for drugs for some time, so that could give “being on some good shit” a new meaning

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      1. RP‏ @RaganSmash 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        I hope you're not speaking as pejoratively as you seem to be.

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      1. Steven 'Roback' Marlow‏ @sd_marlow 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        Oh I really hope I'm part of the placebo group.

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      1. Aokoi‏ @Aokoi4 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        Wasn't that an old Steve Martin routine? "I have figured out a way... to turn dogshit into money! So if you see me sniffing around your shoes, well, that's money to me."

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      1. The President's Therapist™‏ @Whittle_Guy 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        ...not unless its well packaged, marketed and targets a devastating life crippling disease or impairment that the population didn't know it had until it was brought to their attention by a heartfelt massive media campaign...

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      1. paperwithoutdrink‏ @pprwithoutdrink 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @EricBoodman @statnews

        @CNN is also trying. Real hard.

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