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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Feb 26

    Humanity is fighting back against The Grim Reaper (unique data graphics video: Not digital, but with graphs forged from steel & glowing tape) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXJPlwaYKzo&sns=tw … via @youtube

    9:02 AM - 26 Feb 2018
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      2. Gregor Flock GCSN‏ @GFlock_GCSN Feb 26
        Replying to @sapinker @YouTube

        Why do you say "fighting back"? Life and death are a package deal: Can't have one without the other. Additionally and as I hardly need to point out to you, nature comes in natural cycles and living and dying are one of them.

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      3. Gyeff‏ @Gyeff Feb 26
        Replying to @GFlock_GCSN @sapinker @YouTube

        Congratulations on stating the obvious.

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      4. Gregor Flock GCSN‏ @GFlock_GCSN Feb 26
        Replying to @Gyeff @sapinker @YouTube

        Apparently not so obvious for @sapinker, so don't blame me.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Gyeff‏ @Gyeff Feb 26
        Replying to @GFlock_GCSN @sapinker @YouTube

        The desire to extend life does not necessitate an obliviousness to the notion of death. In my view, one can fight back against death for the moment and simultaneously recognize the ultimate futility of such an action.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Gyeff‏ @Gyeff Feb 26
        Replying to @Gyeff @GFlock_GCSN and

        Now, to what extent the desire to live and to extend life is freely chosen desire vs. to what extent the desire is an imposition by our evolutionary genes, that's a separate debate. Some puppets carry on the puppet show inspite of the awareness that they did not choose any of it.

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      7. Gyeff‏ @Gyeff Feb 26
        Replying to @Gyeff @GFlock_GCSN and

        *However, it is my (controversial) contention that the puppet who recognizes that he is a puppet and still willingly brings forth other puppets into the show is bereft of any sense of morality. By giving birth you have condemned the slave to a lifetime of bondage.

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      8. Gregor Flock GCSN‏ @GFlock_GCSN Feb 26
        Replying to @Gyeff @sapinker @YouTube

        Very Schopenhauerian (and also Buddhist). Inclined to agree.

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      9. End of conversation
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      2. Vince Pomal‏ @VincePomal Feb 27
        Replying to @sapinker @YouTube

        Reducing childhood mortality when it is high extends life expectancy much more than efforts aiming at making people live longer. Bringing childhood mortality down from 30% to what we have today, close to 0, extends life expectancy by about 25 years -which is the bulk of the gains

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      3. Vince Pomal‏ @VincePomal Feb 27
        Replying to @VincePomal @sapinker @YouTube

        Not from your scientism. Once again shows you are a BS vendor with POOR statistical knowledge. Again, what is the matter with you?

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      4. Vince Pomal‏ @VincePomal Feb 27
        Replying to @VincePomal @sapinker @YouTube

        Another Sisyphean task of rolling back yet another internet-spread 'fact'' that the noble souls in Modern Science, Medicine and Pharmacology have added decades to all our lives.

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      5. Vince Pomal‏ @VincePomal Feb 27
        Replying to @VincePomal @sapinker @YouTube

        The Pharma lobby (and you) still using the arguments of life expectancy to demonstrate their importance and the need for spending a lot of money to keep healthy. #BSvendors

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      1. Ω Яemʎ‏ @RemyRomano Feb 27
        Replying to @sapinker @YouTube

        Well done!

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      2. Look Closer‏ @Myeyeseelies Feb 26
        Replying to @sapinker @YouTube

        I absolutely love you Steven Pinker! Humanity has also grown because of hearts and minds like yours.

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      3. Vince Pomal‏ @VincePomal Feb 27
        Replying to @Myeyeseelies @sapinker @YouTube

        No it hasn't, see above thread, emprical fact (you do know what emprical is?). This guy is a fraud. Don't be a sucker.

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      2. The Stinking European Public Works‏ @jarvis______ Feb 26
        Replying to @sapinker @YouTube

        Thought you were joking at first, but yes these are graphs forged from steel & glowing tape 👍

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      3. Vince Pomal‏ @VincePomal Feb 27
        Replying to @jarvis______ @sapinker @YouTube

        No its not, its him manipulating figures like a pharma company. See above thread.

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      4. End of conversation

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