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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 2 Nov 2012

    Just an FYI: The number of unlikely things that can happen is so large, you can be assured that unlikely things are likely.

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      2.  🦇 Batalie Dread  🦇‏ @nataliereed84 4 Nov 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Which is, incidentally, exactly why there's never been a real life Sherlock Holmes. The "deductions" would only occasionally fit.

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      3. FRYBO‏ @Doubting_Tom 4 Nov 2012
        Replying to @nataliereed84

        @nataliereed84 @neiltyson Randi wrote about that in "Flim-Flam"; Holmes only works because he lives in a clockwork fictional world.

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      4.  🦇 Batalie Dread  🦇‏ @nataliereed84 4 Nov 2012
        Replying to @Doubting_Tom

        @Doubting_Tom @neiltyson Exactly! In real life, improbable things are too probable to effectively "know" things through probable guesses.

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      2. Manhattan Past‏ @ManhattanPast 2 Nov 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson But the number of likely things that can happen is much, much larger, by definition.

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      3. Joshua Dunbar‏ @JKyleDunbar 2 Nov 2012
        Replying to @ManhattanPast

        @ManhattanPast Everything that happens is an unlikely event. Even something as small as a raindrop hitting your windshield as your driving.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Manhattan Past‏ @ManhattanPast 2 Nov 2012
        Replying to @JKyleDunbar

        @JKyleDunbar Then Neil's statement is nonsense, right? If everything "that can happen" is equally likely then the word "unlikely" means nada

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      5. Joshua Dunbar‏ @JKyleDunbar 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @ManhattanPast

        @ManhattanPast That's exactly the point he was trying to make.

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      6. Manhattan Past‏ @ManhattanPast 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @JKyleDunbar

        @JKyleDunbar His point was to say something nonsensical? I doubt it. I think he means that we should expect outliers...

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      7. Roland Kausen‏ @RolandKausen 4 Nov 2012
        Replying to @ManhattanPast

        @ManhattanPast Paradoxes & oxymora are self-contradicting, yet may convey some intuited truth.

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      8. Manhattan Past‏ @ManhattanPast 4 Nov 2012
        Replying to @RolandKausen

        @RolandKausen Indeed, but not in this case, I think. It's just poorly constructed.

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      1. Disco Vietnam‏ @DiscoVietnam 2 Nov 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Douglas Adams infinite probably drive

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      1. Blobrana‏ @blobrana 3 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson Indeed, for an average human a 'million-to-one-chance' event occurs about three times a day ... ;)

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      1. Zen Staring Into the Abyss  ⚫️ 👀‏ @Zenkitty714 2 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson My cat just sang You Are My Sunshine to me. That was pretty dang unlikely. It's likely he was being sarcastic, though.

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      1. Michael Mosbacher‏ @MMosbacher 2 Nov 2012
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        Is it weird that I have a hard time deciphering between astrophysicists and stoners? @neiltyson is deep...

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      1. Pawel Pachniewski‏ @pwlot 2 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson Given enough (space)time.

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      1. The PR Nightmare‏ @TheyCallMeRiv 2 Nov 2012
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        @sellers737 hahahaha holy fuck he knows! Just give it a year Neil, just give it a year!

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      1. Isabella Rosa‏ @labellarosa 2 Apr 2013
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        RT @neiltyson: Just an FYI: The number of unlikely things that can happen is so large, you can be assured that unlikely things are likely.

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      1. ';..;'‏ @DOiTAll101 12 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson Is the coolest guy on earth.

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