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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Mar 28

    Steven Pinker: why we need more reason in our politics via @apoliticalcohttps://apolitical.co/solution_article/steven-pinker-why-we-need-more-reason-in-our-politics/ …

    8:21 AM - 28 Mar 2018
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    9 replies 70 retweets 152 likes
      1. vonAtlas‏ @atlas_von Mar 28
        Replying to @sapinker @apoliticalco

        Rationality becomes a foreign concept in politics when votes are based on emotion rather than reason.

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      1. Hugh Bosely‏ @HughBosely Mar 28
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        Begs a question: do we need politicians in the era of blockchain?

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      1. The Holy Toast‏ @sahis34 Mar 28
        Replying to @sapinker @apoliticalco

        #SaveSam

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      1. Al Stankard aka HAarlem VEnison‏ @draknats Apr 13
        Replying to @sapinker @apoliticalco

        This is actually brilliant. It's brilliant for its argument, and perhaps even more so for its implications in light of the broader context of Pinker's political awareness.

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      1. Adam Ember‏ @highadam2013 Mar 28
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        We need to end politics and start basing policy on scientific data, statistics and the democracy. Representatives personal opinions should be irrelevant. They are there to perform the will of those they represent.

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      1. Dennis Owen‏ @DennisOwen2020 Mar 28
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        Political tribalism is found when winning is paramount and where procedures are in place for determining who is in and who is out. And when that outcome is couched in language of righteousness and unrighteousness, tribalism will endorse whatever it takes to be victorious

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      1. Geir Ertzgaard‏ @GeirErtzgaard Mar 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        Geir Ertzgaard Retweeted Steven Pinker

        Holdt akkurat på å tweete et ønske om at alle norske samfunnsinteresserte kunne vise litt mer sindighet i sitt engasjement, og så skriver @sapinker dette:https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/979015635035451395 …

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        Steven PinkerVerified account @sapinker
        Steven Pinker: why we need more reason in our politics via @apoliticalco https://apolitical.co/solution_article/steven-pinker-why-we-need-more-reason-in-our-politics/ …
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      1. Kitty Antonik Wakfer‏ @KittyAntonik Mar 28
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        "The discovery that political tribalism is the most insidious form of irrationality today is still fresh and mostly unknown." More irrational w/ now tech: a coercion-based system for social order, all existing Govs/States via their Enforcers, is necessary. http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqcjnl 

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      1. White Pill Prole (Martin)‏ @xqzpz Mar 28
        Replying to @sapinker @apoliticalco

        Anti-Darwinian touchy feely sentiments are not reason.

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