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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

Boston, MA
pinker.wjh.harvard.edu
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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Feb 14

    Including a photo of me from 1994 with big hair and my favorite tabloid headline: "Baby Born Talking: Describes Heaven" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/11/steven-pinker-enlightenment-now-interview-inequality-consumption-environment …pic.twitter.com/idWgWxMsBQ

    7:11 AM - 14 Feb 2018
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    • Ethical-Possibility-Enhancement scuttleblurb Séamus Power Julia 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪🇮🇹 Caleb Spiegel (((Christian JB))) 🐌 CynicalMe Anna Gát Carlos Vilalta .´.
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      2. Geoppetto Hosseltoff‏ @Geoppetto Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        Talking babies... that's so 1994. What about that diet!?! IT'S A MIRACLE!!!pic.twitter.com/Vozs4R0GGD

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      3. Dionysus‏ @DionRocks Feb 14
        Replying to @Geoppetto @sapinker

        It must work because if it didn’t they wouldn’t offer to give you your money back.

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      1. Alan, Words and Music‏ @alanlovespoetry Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        His first word was “Mama,” which greatly vexed God...

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      1. EmeraldBlue‏ @HeadhunterSully Feb 14
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        My fav is NY Post “Headless body in Topless Bar”

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      1. Ed Accura‏ @ed_accura Feb 14
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        THE DEATH OF ANOTHER HOMELESS PERSON😢 We are NOT asking U to donate JUST an act of kindness when u see a homeless person on your travels❤️ Sandwich, a drink, a chat or even a smile🙂and SHARE your experience on http://Bearawitness.com  LET’S KILL THE STIGMA,NOT ANOTHER PERSONpic.twitter.com/gYPCe48Xpe

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      1. Eric D. Özkan‏ @ericozkan1 Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        APGAR = 3

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      1. Shinobi Yaka‏ @YakaShinobi Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        I had hair once... <sigh!>

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      1. Enron Hubbard‏ @RevJackWagon Feb 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        I remain sorely disappointed that there hasn't yet been an appropriately Photoshopped picture captioned "Steven Pinker Comes Alive", alluding to the god-awful Peter Frampton album cover. Maybe I'm too old.

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      1. jamdev12‏ @jamdev12 Feb 15
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        Why do geniuses always have wild hair?

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      1. Andy Waters‏ @AndyWaters1000 Feb 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        Could be a Dylan lyric

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      1. J. Patrick Job Feed‏ @JPatrickJobs Feb 14
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        My fav is NY Post “Headless body in Topless Bar”

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      1. J Patrick Associates‏ @JPatrickAssocs Feb 14
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        My fav is NY Post “Headless body in Topless Bar”

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      1. Jordan Elliot‏ @GodZoidberg Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        Jim Morrison vibe.

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      1. Santiago Ortiz‏ @moebio Feb 14
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        'you can too… or your money back' is not bad either (and the -presumably- woman on the left looks exactly like Argentina)

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      1. John B‏ @jbossy56 Feb 14
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        Whatever became of that baby?

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      1. yuyi‏ @yuyileal333 Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        Nice :)

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      1. Charles Ellis‏ @CharlesLEllis4 Feb 14
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        clear confirmation of The Language Instinct...

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