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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 17 Dec 2017

    This one’s even worse, despite the warning sticker - Note the credulous headline. 2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’https://nyti.ms/2k2xbDW 

    7:33 AM - 17 Dec 2017
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      1. Patrick Warren‏ @plwarre 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        "Experts caution that earthly explanations often exist for such incidents" Often?

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      1. Badder than Satan, Drunker than God‏ @GeorgeHemingto1 17 Dec 2017
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        Do you not think you're somewhat on thin sloppy thinking ice after Blank Slate and Better Angels?

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      1. Aidan Collier‏ @Aids_BC 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        The footage and testimony is genuinely compelling and interesting. Why the gripe over writing about it?

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      1. antihero_kate‏ @antihero_kate 17 Dec 2017
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        I want to believe! 👽

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      1. zastrow‏ @Zastrowmarvin 17 Dec 2017
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        "Accelerated like nothing I've ever seen", clearly hasn't checked the celebrity sexual harassment news files.

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      1. Dr. Zan‏ @Dr_Zan_ 17 Dec 2017
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        You think this is fantastical yet believe utopia is nigh

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      1. Charles Ellis‏ @CharlesLEllis4 17 Dec 2017
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        pic.twitter.com/ksS65l2rED

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      1. James Batman‏ @james_batman 19 Dec 2017
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        I'm sure it's nothing.

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      1. Douglas Pollitt‏ @DouglasPollitt 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Big fan, but taken aback at dismissal of this seemingly valid data point. AF pilots known to be faithful observers. Science much?

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      1. Scott Drury‏ @roosterplumage 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        A real question, not snark: Were you nonplussed about the Bem/ESP article from 2011? Or was it partially redeemed with data, flawed as the data might have been? Many went on the record in a January 2011 NYT article deriding the topic itself as beneath inquiry.

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      2. C‏ @Anygirl99 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        It’s like @nytimes is unraveling. I used to rely on them, now I never read it. Still follow some of heir journalists. Time for another letter, I guess.

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      3. C‏ @Anygirl99 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Anygirl99 @sapinker @nytimes

        And that letter might be ‘t’!

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