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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Mar 12

    Sullivan also draws conclusions from two non-facts: people are getting sadder & lonelier (not true) and all improvements in well-being get reversed (has never happened). https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2018/03/12/andres-sullivan-distrusts-progress-says-it-erodes-deeper-happiness-and-meaning-read-religion/ … via @Evolutionistrue

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      1. Michael P Gibson‏ @William_Blake Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        But some people are getting sadder and lonelier!pic.twitter.com/f4Byc4WOLh

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      2. chOppingCart 👹 🔪‏ @eggman6001 Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Ok stevie! Everything's rosy! Everything's sanitized! S pinker is a soulless dim sob

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      4. chOppingCart 👹 🔪‏ @eggman6001 Mar 13

        What are you, an autistic computer?

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      1. Danny Kao‏ @iflyifr Mar 13
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Though if you’re a middle aged white male with no abilities, life may have been better for you in the USA of 40 years ago. For the rest of us, not so much.

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      1. Keenan O'Meara‏ @keenanarmstrong Mar 12
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        Letssss git u 2 chattin in a room together

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      1. Adrian Lopez‏ @PaladinZilch Mar 13
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Improvements in well-being have never been reversed? No society has ever failed? No rich nation turned poor? No government devolved into a chaotic mess?

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      1. Thurston Cosner‏ @Shrink72 Mar 13
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Philosophy of the Stoics

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      1. SirChantsAlot‏ @SirChantsAlot Mar 13
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        An anemic academic. Perhaps progress isn't always the goal of Progressives.

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      1. Magnus Westerstrand‏ @MagWes Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Would be interesting if some one actually looked at what the "environmentalists" are saying though... we cant keep on spending more then we got and climate change is going to be hell of a changer...

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      1. @treibers‏ @TreiberS Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Have only just begun the book, but thoroughly enjoying it. Appreciate your voice in all things-agree or not!

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      1. ValueCritic‏ @ValueCritic Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Weren't those both also refuted in your book that he supposedly read?

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      1. Mike D‏ @mikedennymike Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Are the suicide rates and addiction rates and the increase of single adults without family structures and the decrease in church involvement not evidence of 'loneliness/sadness'?

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      1. Mike D‏ @mikedennymike Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Would love to see further dialogue between these two.

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      1. The Royal Puss‏ @ForbidTheFruit Mar 12
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        People are getting sadder and lonelier. Suicide rates are increasing too.

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      1. Joe Wrightson‏ @JoeWrig Mar 12
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        @sullydish is Voltaire to Pinker's Pangloss.

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