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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 17 Dec 2017

    First astrology, now UFOs — NYT publishes softball stories on ludicrous pseudoscience, this one costing taxpayers $22m. Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Programhttps://nyti.ms/2kB62aH 

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      2. Jerome Polansky‏ @jeromepolansky 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Are Navy fighter pilots not credible sources? Not sure Navy pilots tend toward flights of fantasy.

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      3. Jerome Polansky‏ @jeromepolansky 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @jeromepolansky @sapinker

        That said, I am a fan of Pinker's work and hope he continues publishing.

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      2. Dan Peterson‏ @astrangertweets 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        What is science if not studying phenomena that doesn't fit our current models of how things work?

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      3. Professor Hagen‏ @ProfessorHagen 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @astrangertweets @sapinker

        Current models claim that energy demands exclude alien visitation, thus we will never find evidence of UFOs. So the current models are correct. How long should we study claims for which there is zero evidence?

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      4. Dan Peterson‏ @astrangertweets 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ProfessorHagen @sapinker

        Not claims of aliens. The actual phenomena of UFOs. If the videos are legit, makes perfect sense DoD would want to understand what they're seeing

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      1. Max Foley-Keene‏ @MaxFoleyKeene 17 Dec 2017
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        Is your criticism that the Pentagon investigates UFOs or that NYT wrote about it?

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      1. George R Williams‏ @wrldtree 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Doesn’t seem the article provides enough evidence to make a judgement on whether this stuff is real. Looks like you want to dismiss the possibility out of hand. Is that really your idea of science?

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      1. Michael Marshall‏ @michael53021960 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Neither is pseudoscience. Astrology is pure mysticism, and UFOs are a actual phenomenon of disputed origin.

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      1. José Monzó Marco‏ @pensarsistemico 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        This phenomenon has the property of stigmatizing who touches it, hence the difficulty of addressing it by the scientific community. Its secrecy has more to do with that prejudice than with deliberate concealment. Meanwhile, each government manages it in silence as best it can.

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      1. Juuu‏ @JustAnotherDyud 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Granted astrology, but strange flying things picked up by airforce and reported by nyt (also reports on Trump lies) is pseudoscience ?

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      1. Matthew A. Dickason‏ @dickasonpc 17 Dec 2017
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        Softball story? Disagree. Exposed $$22M of secret government spending. Not their fault the topic is super bad ass cool.

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      2. Evelyn‏ @Evelyn_ 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        so explain the video...asteroid, Russian ship, no wait for it ... weather balloon and lets not forget Nasa’s favorite - light hitting space debris at the right angle making the human eye see a floating craft, moving forwards, backwards, upside down that is joined by other ships.

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      2. David O'Grady‏ @deeogrady909 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        they'll be publishing psychology research next

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      2. Krème de la Krèmlin‏ @ztarasj 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        The truth is out there, Steve.

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