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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Jul 21

    Today, the greatest threat of extinction we face is not asteroids or climate change or disease or famine. It’s society’s refusal to heed the warnings of scientists.

    6:54 PM - 21 Jul 2018
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      2. LLeigh_Laura  🌀‏ @LeighNYC_Laura Jul 21
        Replying to @neiltyson

        LLeigh_Laura  🌀 Retweeted Neil deGrasse Tyson

        Not society in general. It's our POTUS & his admin.https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/1020849443287924736 …

        LLeigh_Laura  🌀 added,

        Neil deGrasse TysonVerified account @neiltyson
        Today, the greatest threat of extinction we face is not asteroids or climate change or disease or famine. It’s society’s refusal to heed the warnings of scientists.
        163 replies 102 retweets 937 likes
      3. Joshua Mitchell‏ @Joshua70mega777 Jul 22
        Replying to @LeighNYC_Laura @neiltyson

        Let's just say you have about 750 members between House, Senate, and Executive. Probably way to high, just an example. Compared to over 300,000,000 Americans. I can assure you the 300,000,000 can do a lot more good or bad than the 750. Just because of the sheer number.

        6 replies 2 retweets 23 likes
      4. Joshua Mitchell‏ @Joshua70mega777 Jul 22
        Replying to @Joshua70mega777 @LeighNYC_Laura @neiltyson

        Meaning we have more riding on ourselves doing the right thing, then worrying about an administration that is miniscule compared to our populaces number. Or the 7.2 Billion other people we share the planet with.

        4 replies 1 retweet 17 likes
      5. LLeigh_Laura  🌀‏ @LeighNYC_Laura Jul 22
        Replying to @Joshua70mega777 @neiltyson

        LLeigh_Laura  🌀 Retweeted Joshua Mitchell

        We have to take over the reins from the self-serving politicians including 45 to save our planet, it's the ONLY one we got.https://twitter.com/Joshua70mega777/status/1021120501844852737 …

        LLeigh_Laura  🌀 added,

        Joshua Mitchell @Joshua70mega777
        Replying to @Joshua70mega777 @LeighNYC_Laura @neiltyson
        Meaning we have more riding on ourselves doing the right thing, then worrying about an administration that is miniscule compared to our populaces number. Or the 7.2 Billion other people we share the planet with.
        6 replies 7 retweets 23 likes
      6. Joshua Mitchell‏ @Joshua70mega777 Jul 24
        Replying to @LeighNYC_Laura @neiltyson

        Think about it how much governing is actually getting done with all the sexual assualt, scandal, lies, crimes, finger pointing, he said she said. Etc. It's not just Trump these days it seems likes it's literally all of them. Lol

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
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      2. Ericka Johnson‏ @EAJohnsonRN Jul 22
        Replying to @neiltyson

        “Science” has allied itself with industry and the supposed regulatory agencies (ties like Monsanto with the USDA) in such a way that anyone with an IQ above 10 and a conscience knows that conflict of interest is present. Vote of No Confidence.

        73 replies 18 retweets 246 likes
      3. brucechun‏ @brucechun Jul 22
        Replying to @EAJohnsonRN @neiltyson

        Science? Has done this? Don’t goof around here. Science is not an entity it is a discipline. Get your grade 3 figured out before you vote.

        0 replies 2 retweets 34 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Miller Barbour‏ @millerbarbour23 Jul 22
        Replying to @neiltyson

        You ain’t God

        6 replies 3 retweets 17 likes
      3. STRVYLIGHT‏ @STRVYLIGHT Jul 22
        Replying to @millerbarbour23 @neiltyson

        Correct, Neil isn’t fictional.

        9 replies 0 retweets 316 likes
      4. Howard‏ @Kunuckles Jul 22
        Replying to @STRVYLIGHT @millerbarbour23 @neiltyson

        O O F

        0 replies 0 retweets 46 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Bennett Varsho‏ @BennettVarsho Jul 22
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Another scammer is Scott Rueben. He faked 21 clinical trials in pain research. He just made people and data up. He was published in peer-reviewed journals. Sure, we do need to believe scientists. Which ones?https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-medical-madoff-anesthestesiologist-faked-data/ …

        16 replies 12 retweets 53 likes
      3. FunctionalSkeptic‏ @nchave01 Jul 22
        Replying to @BennettVarsho @neiltyson

        But this isn't an argument against science or even scientists. It's an acknowledgement of an unreliable peer review process in one sector, and a call for improving the process. One would be hard-pressed to find very many people who disagree with the notion of improvement.

        2 replies 1 retweet 65 likes
      4. Bennett Varsho‏ @BennettVarsho Jul 23
        Replying to @nchave01 @neiltyson

        Correct. Who's against science? I'm cautioning against the "urging" of scientists. The facts never speak for themselves; someone is always presenting them.

        2 replies 1 retweet 16 likes
      5. FunctionalSkeptic‏ @nchave01 Jul 23
        Replying to @BennettVarsho @neiltyson

        One need only to scroll down this very thread to answer your question. And yes, while the data speak independently of any researcher, the implications of said data do not. So, from where should the "urging" come w/ regard to scientific findings? Scientists or non-scientists?

        1 reply 0 retweets 14 likes
      6. Bennett Varsho‏ @BennettVarsho Jul 23
        Replying to @nchave01 @neiltyson

        I don't know. Not from Jim Carrey, and not from people poised to make millions or billions from wind farms, etc. You bring up a good point. Very thoughtful. But, I just don't know.

        2 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
      7. FunctionalSkeptic‏ @nchave01 Jul 23
        Replying to @BennettVarsho @neiltyson

        I agree, washed up actors & profiteers are probably not going to steer us toward best policy. After all, scientists urged the evacuation of Mount St. Helens, seatbelts in cars & helmets on bikes, & to stop smoking & floss regularly. Thanks for civil conversation. It's pretty rare

        1 reply 2 retweets 26 likes
      8. Bennett Varsho‏ @BennettVarsho Jul 23
        Replying to @nchave01 @neiltyson

        I love skeptics. You make a lot of great points, and you're polite as well. Best of luck!

        1 reply 0 retweets 14 likes
      9. FunctionalSkeptic‏ @nchave01 Jul 23
        Replying to @BennettVarsho @neiltyson

        Thank you, and I very much appreciate your willingness to have a conversation, engage in discourse. I certainly hope nothing I said came across as dogmatic. That would make me a pretty poor skeptic indeed. Best of luck to you as well

        1 reply 1 retweet 16 likes
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      2. Sun Chron Politics‏ @TSCPolitics Jul 21
        Replying to @neiltyson

        When I was a kid in the 1960s, I read an article quoting scientists saying traffic jams will be eliminated in the future because people will fly jetpacks to work. I feel deceived and disappointed.

        42 replies 10 retweets 258 likes
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