So you know, in my work, I study the progress of the technique of lying, and in

So you know, in my work, I study the progress of the technique of lying, and in particular the techniques of lying by suggestion, false promise, and sophism, pseudoscience, innumeracy, and the occult, and how those lies are used to manipulate the public: Economics and Social Sci.


Source date (UTC): 2019-11-21 17:06:42 UTC

Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1197561990442618881

Reply addressees: @Steve_Adema @sapinker

Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1197560942931972103


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@Steve_Adema

@curtdoolittle @sapinker Pinker never tries to claim ‘net harms’ are declining. I don’t even know how one could even approach trying to measure something so expansive. Collecting historical data for violent deaths seemed hard enough, let alone getting nuanced data like non-physical harm.

Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1197560942931972103

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