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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Feb 12

    ‘Reason is non-negotiable’: Steven Pinker on the Enlightenmenthttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/11/reason-is-non-negotioable-steven-pinker-enlightenment-now-extract?CMP=share_btn_tw …

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      2. Kevin‏ @Kevin7Seven Feb 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        I would love to think so, but consensus seems to be built on feelings more and more and facts less and less.

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      3. John Nihil‏ @Nihil7781 Feb 12
        Replying to @Kevin7Seven @sapinker

        Facts are indifferent to feelings

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      4. Kevin‏ @Kevin7Seven Feb 12
        Replying to @Nihil7781 @sapinker

        Can also be expressed as: reality doesn’t care if you believe in it or not.

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      5. John Nihil‏ @Nihil7781 Feb 12
        Replying to @Kevin7Seven @sapinker

        Touche

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      1. RobertAlonzo.‏ @Solonthethinker Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        Immanuel Kant is a counter enlightenment thinker. He's the reason things are such a mess. And also Hagel.

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      1. Pale_Primate‏ @PALE_Primate Feb 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Steven Pinker on the Alt-Righthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNHoVPFPj4E …

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      2. Patrick Harris‏ @BamaExpat Feb 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        "Reason is non-negotiable."pic.twitter.com/RJvOxqOgpu

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      3. Şaxewan Curdi‏ @SaxewanCurdi Feb 14
        Replying to @BamaExpat @sapinker

        Do you know the source?

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      4. Patrick Harris‏ @BamaExpat Feb 14
        Replying to @SaxewanCurdi @sapinker

        Google Images for guillotines; can't find the source for the image.

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      1. Der Geist‏ @SaneGeist Feb 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Well done Steven. In Mona’s OOA show it becomes clearer how you sidestepped the Q of personhood as conceptual for humanism & Law to this day. I think you could have given credit to theology as instrumental to Reason as well. The ‘God’s eye’ cosmological view enables Reason #Hegel

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      1. Spooky Pornographer  🕸 🎃 🧟‍♀️ 💀 👻‏ @NicaNoelleASMR Feb 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        I love you Steven Pinker ❤

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      2. whirring‏ @mistySpock Feb 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        No doubt I will read this book. "Reason" can be a flag to wrap yourself in, like others would use "God".

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      3. objective reality  ♾ 🍄 🏋 🎻 🎷 🎤 🎸 🔬 🔭 🎭 🎨 🛠☤ ⚛ ⚕‏ @dude_solid Feb 12
        Replying to @mistySpock @sapinker

        True, anyone can claim reason, but if you're confusing it with belief then that's cognitive dissonance.

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      1. imam Muhammad1‏ @deputyMahdi Feb 20
        Replying to @sapinker @KialoHQ

        "Let MY ppl go" Seek G*D's Mercy via restore Blk Wall St. governed by G*D's Man @iMAM_MAHDi_313 with Pot $s generated in Blk cities & communities capture & recycle a Blk do 4 self economy. #Blkppl G*D is calling U 2 come out USA lie culture=Christianity-LBGTQ

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      1. Godhead_Coach‏ @coachabdallah Feb 13
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        True "Reason", is "Truth". Based on Truth with full attempt to focus on Truth, as Truth does Not... can Not... compromise; negotiate. Truth is non-negotiable. For example... it is Not negotiable, that... on the Enlightenment, Steven Pinker stated that 'Reason is non-negotiable".

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      1. tony ridler‏ @tony_ridler Feb 13
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        The nature of insanity is unpredictable👐

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      1. Brian O'Connor‏ @ThebestBrian Feb 13
        Replying to @sapinker

        Humankind is not yet enlightened

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      1. Bill Walter‏ @realBillWalter Feb 13
        Replying to @sapinker

        Great @JREpodcast

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