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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 23

    Steven Pinker on Trump's 'counter-enlightenment' and the state of the world (TV interview from London on Australian Broadcasting Corporation) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-23/steven-pinker-says-the-world-is-better-than-ever-before/9462440 … via @ABCNews

    8:51 AM - 23 Feb 2018
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      2. Heather C‏ @heathbar369 Feb 23
        Replying to @sapinker @abcnews

        How do you have so much time to get so much done and do so many interviews? Are you a time traveler?

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      3. Headlines From the Future‏ @Headlines_From Feb 23
        Replying to @heathbar369 @sapinker @abcnews

        Does S.A. Pinker have children? I don't know. But if he does not, that would explain the free time.

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      1. "No Shit" Sherlock‏ @PunishmentHurts Feb 24
        Replying to @sapinker @patchurchland @abcnews

        I'm a sick puppy, laughed all the way through this for some reason . . . it's all true enough

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      1. Durant Jr.‏ @ksquare52 Feb 24
        Replying to @sapinker @abcnews

        U sabi....Able

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      1. Carlos López‏ @BrainstormCarlo Feb 24
        Replying to @sapinker @abcnews

        Trump uses gross emotional manipulation but, maybe he had the chance because of an excess of political correctness? Trump, here comes... The Clash! http://pajobvios.blogspot.fr/2016/11/trump-here-comes-clash.html …

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      1.  🅰️ntoon  🇧🇪‏ @antoonstessels Feb 23
        Replying to @sapinker @abcnews

        Antoon thinks it's rather strange - psycholinguistically speaking - to talk about oneself in the 3rd person. 😋

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      1. J.‏ @jaraparilla Feb 23
        Replying to @sapinker @abcnews

        Also from ABC:http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2018/02/20/4806696.htm …

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      1. Wendy O'Mara #FBPE‏ @BlindJustice41 Feb 23
        Replying to @sapinker @abcnews

        Hmmm..

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      1. William Fisher‏ @WmFisherYuVue Feb 23
        Replying to @sapinker @abcnews

        Will you be responding to John Gray’s (contrarian? counter-enlightenment?) New Statesman review?

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      2. Nathan Bresnahan‏ @n_bresnahan Feb 23
        Replying to @sapinker @abcnews

        He is not counter-enlightenment. Come on, man. I don't like the guy, but you've got to know that description is excessive. Of course I reserve the right to delete this after I listen to the interview.

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      3. I am a multitude [c0dew3aver]‏ @asoupisnotatree Feb 23
        Replying to @n_bresnahan @sapinker @abcnews

        Nonsense. @realDonaldTrump is clearly anti-enlightment. And pro-fascism.

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      4. Nathan Bresnahan‏ @n_bresnahan Feb 23
        Replying to @asoupisnotatree @sapinker and

        Don't be absurd. He is a solidarist, as you likely are. He is no more socialist than the average person.

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      1. I am a multitude [c0dew3aver]‏ @asoupisnotatree Feb 23
        Replying to @Siddhis007 @sapinker @abcnews

        😂

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