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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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pinker.wjh.harvard.edu
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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jan 18

    I collect ambiguous headlines. This one, on our President's health, is among the best.pic.twitter.com/G6YTMc9hNM

    10:36 AM - 18 Jan 2018
    • 10,922 Retweets
    • 29,723 Likes
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    421 replies 10,922 retweets 29,723 likes
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      2. Derek, but, like, spooky or some shit.‏ @TheRealDCF Jan 19
        Replying to @sapinker

        Here's a favorite of mine.pic.twitter.com/ixtJT6oJkR

        3 replies 8 retweets 44 likes
      3. Derek, but, like, spooky or some shit.‏ @TheRealDCF Jan 19
        Replying to @TheRealDCF @sapinker

        Here's another favorite.pic.twitter.com/XNyXeCWIno

        4 replies 8 retweets 57 likes
      4. The Beard‏ @WaydeProctor Jan 19
        Replying to @TheRealDCF @sapinker

        I thought my luck was bad.

        2 replies 0 retweets 17 likes
      5. Derek, but, like, spooky or some shit.‏ @TheRealDCF Jan 19
        Replying to @WaydeProctor @sapinker

        Maybe the guy's just a perfectionist.

        1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
      6. 1 more reply
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      2. Adriana Heguy‏ @AdrianaHeguy Jan 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        Maybe a clever journalist left it ambiguous on purpose

        8 replies 1 retweet 197 likes
      3. jag512‏ @jag512 Jan 18
        Replying to @AdrianaHeguy @sapinker

        Never a more truthful ambiguous headline...!

        2 replies 0 retweets 53 likes
      4. Balakrishnan G Nair‏ @BalakrishnanGN Jan 19
        Replying to @jag512 @AdrianaHeguy @sapinker

        Correctly assessed: No Heart; Cognitive issues! The first part is incurable. The second part has no remedy 😳

        0 replies 0 retweets 22 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Nicholas Mitchell‏ @puxxled Jan 19
        Replying to @sapinker

        Nicholas Mitchell Retweeted Steven Pinker

        You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/954059826727870464 …

        Nicholas Mitchell added,

        Steven PinkerVerified account @sapinker
        I collect ambiguous headlines. This one, on our President's health, is among the best. pic.twitter.com/G6YTMc9hNM
        4 replies 21 retweets 69 likes
      3. Linda Scholl‏ @SchollLinda Jan 20
        Replying to @puxxled @sapinker

        Nicholas! Truer words were Never Said or Printed. Trump is beyond evil. How could that Thing be in Our WH?

        0 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
      4. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Rajat Pandit‏ @rajatpTOI Jan 19
        Replying to @sapinker

        What do you think about this? 👇🏼pic.twitter.com/vPdvnJufMY

        3 replies 12 retweets 89 likes
      3. Bhaskar Majumdar‏ @ProbasiBangali Jan 19
        Replying to @rajatpTOI @sapinker

        Hilarious

        0 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. bob little‏ @boblittle92064 Jan 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        This is a good one,pic.twitter.com/n99CKoKmEF

        3 replies 21 retweets 125 likes
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      1. David Lee‏ @t_david_lee Jan 19
        Replying to @sapinker

        Excellent. It's up there with this deliciously creative gem of TV subtitle punctuation:pic.twitter.com/IlqGxaF3fS

        0 replies 8 retweets 66 likes
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      2. D Merle‏ @dmsr89 Jan 19
        Replying to @sapinker

        Love it! The economy of words needed for print headlines always makes for interesting ambiguities and humor.pic.twitter.com/PJlShklzdB

        1 reply 3 retweets 27 likes
      3. James Mendelsohn‏ @jmendelsohn77 Jan 19
        Replying to @dmsr89 @sapinker

        This is a good one (unverified).pic.twitter.com/gEyvm12qTc

        0 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Tom C‏ @MrCspotRun Jan 18
        Replying to @sapinker @LiberalInFL

        Here is another ambiguous headline for you.pic.twitter.com/P9X7QdAAoD

        5 replies 6 retweets 35 likes
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