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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 13 Dec 2017

    Steven Pinker Retweeted Ian Simmons

    Society, like science, sometimes advances funeral by funeral. In Enlightenment Now I plot a graph showing steep dropoff in support for Trump, Brexit, & Europopulism with birth year.https://twitter.com/isimmons/status/940795936451817473 …

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    Ian Simmons @isimmons
    Next Generation voters prove they are America’s best hope. pic.twitter.com/Boh8huOVp9
    7:30 AM - 13 Dec 2017
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    53 replies 152 retweets 396 likes
      1. Conor Fitzgerald‏ @fitzfromdublin 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        You know young people eventually become old people right Steve?

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      2. Mark Moore‏ @markmooress4 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Doesn't this assume that millennials' political beliefs are static? Shouldn't we account for a likely shift towards conservatism as to they age?

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      2. Simon Tuffen‏ @SimonTuffen 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I don't understand why Brexit gets lumped in with Trump all the time, especially by Americans who, to my knowledge, have no desire whatsoever for their country to be ruled by Brussels.

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      3. Eemil Virtanen‏ @Huge_E87 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @SimonTuffen @sapinker

        Because in both cases, the driving factor was nationalism which is a counter-reaction to the whole anti-west pc-movement that has been pushing forward the multiculturalism-agenda for years. And it seems that multiculturalism is just a vehicle for denouncing western culture.

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      4. Simon Tuffen‏ @SimonTuffen 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Huge_E87 @sapinker

        To an extent I agree, but I think most people who voted for Brexit did so because they believed the UK is simply better off run by the UK, not Brussels. And that is ultimately what it's all about.

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      1. Laurent Franckx‏ @LaurentFranckx 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Is this a generational phenomenon or an age related one?

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      2. Rand Simberg‏ @Rand_Simberg 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Unfortunately, they also think communism and socialism are cool.

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      2. Randy McGregor‏ @Ramcgreg 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Young liberals often become old conservatives.

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      3. Blair Teacher‏ @blairteacher 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Ramcgreg @sapinker

        But what old people are conservative about will change ... young people will be less sexist, less racist and less homophobic over the life course. They might still not want to pay for other people's healthcare, mind.

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      2. Quags‏ @FB29 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Is there any evidence that younger generations are more aware of cognitive biases and possibly more resistant to them?

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      3. Thomas Calandra‏ @Thomas_Calandra 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @FB29 @sapinker

        I'd say no because of the dissolve of rational thought on campuses, which has become a shock to even liberal profs. Yet, @sapinker work shows that positive change has happen despite our cognitive biases. Which is why he says that we should figure what's going on, to do more of it

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      2. (((Shill for Science)))‏ @ShillForScience 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        i dunno if i buy this one. i have seen studies saying that the post-Millennials (genZ, the Founders, ...generation "who cares") are one of the most conservative American gens in decades. i mean... have you read YouTube comments lately? 😉

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      3. (((Shill for Science)))‏ @ShillForScience 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ShillForScience @sapinker

        just to clear the record: ...that's not a good thing.

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      1. James Kerr‏ @jameskerr1971 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Presumably society sometimes collapses funeral by funeral as well. The demographic of an opinion tells us nothing about its truth or falsity so what is the point of this analysis?

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      1. Roger Wilson‏ @civicdec 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Perhaps journalism will advance in the same manner.

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      1. krista lynne‏ @chorusofstones 14 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        can you please tweet about #JulianavUS - what those young people are doing to ensure a livable future for all needs to be supported - see @youthvgov #youthvgov #climatejustice

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      1. Micah Redding  🚀 🤖‏ @micahtredding 14 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Do the younger generations stay that way, though? Or do they shift in a similar direction as they get older?

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      1. ganglia‏ @gangliah 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        The unfounded and illogical assumption of this argument is that people do not move into different categories as they age.

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