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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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pinker.wjh.harvard.edu
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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Feb 20

    Steven Pinker Retweeted Richard Dawkins

    Thrilled to receive this lovely endorsement from the great Richard Dawkins:https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/965865959193042944 …

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    Richard DawkinsVerified account @RichardDawkins
    Congratulations to @SAPinker on British publication day of Enlightenment Now. Steven Pinker’s mind bristles with pure, crystalline intelligence, deep knowledge and human sympathy. And he writes as he thinks, with a sinewy mot-justery of language which I find irreslstible.
    4:14 PM - 20 Feb 2018
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      1. David Singh‏ @DavidSi01629113 Feb 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        Worrying when 'intellectuals' endorse each other... Especially gushing irresistible endorsements... Feels like an ism ... If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. ―Haruki Murakami

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      1. Krème de la Krèmlin‏ @ztarasj Feb 20
        Replying to @sapinker

        I love how Dawkins gets loaded on muscle relaxers before he tweets

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      1. samvega‏ @samvega Feb 20
        Replying to @sapinker

        Even higher praise than it first seems, considering @RichardDawkins own clear, fluid, and entertaining prose.

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      1. Archibald Goodhead‏ @ArchiGoodhead Feb 20
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        What an nice endorsement.

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      1. WiseGuy‏ @apc74 Feb 20
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        “Great” is debatable.

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      1. The grandmaster of funk Daniel‏ @ziinjin Feb 20
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        High praise indeed

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      1. Ricky Peter Newins‏ @RickyPNewins Feb 21
        Replying to @sapinker @JamesPsychol

        Dawkins nailed it. You're mustard @sapinker

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      1. Ministry of Truth‏ @MephistoVim Feb 21
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        I hope it is easier to read than his endorsement.

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      1. Roger Titcombe‏ @rogertitcombe Feb 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        I agree with Dawkins - great book but not without debate Re ability of capitalism to produce continual indefinite increases in human wellbeing. In the UK many indices in decline in the last 10 years - Neo-liberal capitalism to blame?https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/21/health-department-ignoring-uk-life-expectancy-concerns …

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      1. FlyLogical‏ @FlyLogical Feb 21
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        Glad it is available immediately as e-book on http://Amazon.co.uk . Bought, downloaded, started reading in less than a minute.

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      1. Shibatoshi Dogomoto  🐕‏ @CEOofDogecoin Feb 21
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        Just like @RichardDawkins "I", I feel intellectually erect when reading @sapinker's work.

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      1. Jimmy the Weasel  🇬🇧‏ @jimmy_weasel Feb 21
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        Or where I come from, you are too clever by half! 😉

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      1. Jonathan Maze‏ @resurrecti0nman Feb 20
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        Nice description of your writing style although I'm not sure about mot-justery!

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      1. Michael Turner‏ @Michael40793233 Feb 20
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        He’s not wrong so far..5chapters in! 😁

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      1. Gale Sinatra‏ @GaleSinatra Feb 20
        Replying to @sapinker

        Just got my copy.

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      1. Totally a Russian Bot‏ @Offa_time Feb 20
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        Careful, I think he may be hitting on you.

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      1. TheBAT69‏ @JdegnorEgnor Feb 20
        Replying to @sapinker

        As an intellectually curious amateur psychologist who is fascinating by the English language, I have followed your books for years. Thank you. The backlash for expression of the language is beyond my comprehension.

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