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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Sep 21

    Since the Universe has no center, you can’t be it.

    10:10 AM - 21 Sep 2018
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      2. Dave E‏ @stodarahodan Sep 21
        Replying to @neiltyson

        But you are the center of your own observable universe 🤔

        26 replies 24 retweets 634 likes
      3. Victoria Hudson‏ @TheirVictoria Sep 21
        Replying to @stodarahodan @neiltyson

        Wouldn’t one have to be stationary for this to be true? Observable includes moving objects, animals, other beings, planes, birds... and that means the distance of observable would vary upon sight of object.

        2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
      4. SilentObserver‏ @SilentO30493974 Sep 22
        Replying to @TheirVictoria @stodarahodan @neiltyson

        If you truly are curious about how the centre of the universeidea works, il recommend this video https://youtu.be/DsXsJtOQnTY  Its 2 min of your time but it will open different perspectives for your mind, my opinion. 🖖

        7 replies 2 retweets 16 likes
      5. Savitri ॐ‏ @savitrisun Sep 26
        Replying to @SilentO30493974 @TheirVictoria and

        “Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark.”- Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot

        2 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
      6. Victoria Hudson‏ @TheirVictoria Sep 27
        Replying to @savitrisun @SilentO30493974 and

        Thx. I enjoy Carl Sagan and have always ❤️’d this quote.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. ZeSpookyViking‏ @ZeRoyalViking Sep 22
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Isn’t everywhere (and therefore everyone) technically the center of the observable universe?

        6 replies 3 retweets 142 likes
      3. Brandon‏ @bijm007 Sep 22
        Replying to @ZeRoyalViking @neiltyson

        If you think you're the center of the universe, then yes. But that's a pretty egotistical viewpoint (not directed towards you of course)

        2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. ZeSpookyViking‏ @ZeRoyalViking Sep 22
        Replying to @bijm007 @neiltyson

        Not really egotistical if everyone is. If the universe was condensed to a singularity, the big bang occured at every point in space. At every point in space, you can observe the CMB 14.something billion lightyears away. So there is no center and everywhere is the center

        1 reply 2 retweets 39 likes
      5. Brandon‏ @bijm007 Sep 22
        Replying to @ZeRoyalViking @neiltyson

        Touche

        0 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Ben Kinnear‏ @Midwest_MedPeds Sep 21
        Replying to @neiltyson @DrMandE_PNS

        My daughter turns 7 next week and we have been wondering what to put on her cake. #Problemsolved

        2 replies 2 retweets 87 likes
      3. Phoenix Universe Cosmos‏ @PhoenixCosmos Sep 22
        Replying to @Midwest_MedPeds @neiltyson @DrMandE_PNS

        You should in my humble opinion put she’s the center of your universe on the birthday cake. That’ll make her feel special. Just saying

        0 replies 2 retweets 90 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Marcus Henry Weber‏ @MarcusHWeber Sep 21
        Replying to @neiltyson

        pic.twitter.com/4nR1L6fySS

        54 replies 431 retweets 3,694 likes
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      2. Peter Hall‏ @thePeterHall Sep 21
        Replying to @neiltyson

        If the universe were infinite, anywhere would be the center in a way, meaning that I really am the center of the universe.

        6 replies 4 retweets 60 likes
      3. Sean Alexander Bart‏ @SeanfuciusSay Sep 23
        Replying to @thePeterHall @neiltyson

        I mean, the other way of looking at it is that every point in the universe is its own center. We are all equal centers 😂

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Peter Hall‏ @thePeterHall Sep 23
        Replying to @SeanfuciusSay @neiltyson

        That’s what I said.

        0 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2.  🏴‍☠️ Maddox  🏴‍☠️‏ @maddoxrules Sep 21
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Nice theory, but wrong. You're talking to it.

        8 replies 3 retweets 80 likes
      3. Brenda Bea‏ @MsBrendaBea Sep 21
        Replying to @maddoxrules

        pic.twitter.com/Fou9qsQ0dH

        1 reply 0 retweets 17 likes
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