@neiltyson What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at .9c? http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/
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@neiltyson what baseball needs to stop doing is calling "7 1/3" innings pitches as "7.1" inningsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Do you feel like this is your role, as some Shakespearean clown named Science? Do you feel like we elected you to this role?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Great idea. The concept will spread to wines as I await Parker's first thousand point beauty.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Sure. "300" is short for 300 thousandths, so the extra decimal would be 3000 ten-thousandths. A little awkward, but it works.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson 162 games, ~700 at bats, they actually got sig figs right!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson realize it's a joke, still going to refer to this as "the time I got to call out Neil Tyson on Twitter about significant digits"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson You spend too much time listening to Tim McCarver.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Suck on that Ted Williams!!!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson dude, you're overthinking it...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson is taking a dump on MLB.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson If baseball reported averages to 4 decimal places instead of 3, then a three-hundred hitter would be batting "three thousand"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson either way, he still hits 30%.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Should they not change it to a three-hundredth hitter??Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson yea but it would be 3000 out if 10000 right?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Nice avg, met you outside Grand Ctrl near pitching machine at All Star Game celebration with my son few yrs ago Neil.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson .............Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson You mean three thousand millionths!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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