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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 25 Nov 2012

    End-of-world prophecies for 2012 are hoaxes perpetrated by the scientifically illiterate on the scientifically under-informed

    9:10 AM - 25 Nov 2012
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      2. Jack Burditt‏Verified account @jackburditt 25 Nov 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson It's amazing that many people who DON'T believe in global warming DO believe the world is going to end Dec. 22

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      2. T‏ @funkywhitegirl 25 Nov 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson And a great excuse for a party!

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      3. Katrina Goddam Coleman‏ @KatrinaLColeman 25 Nov 2012
        Replying to @funkywhitegirl

        @funkywhitegirl @neiltyson This is why you are the funkiest of white girls. Heart.

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      4. T‏ @funkywhitegirl 25 Nov 2012
        Replying to @KatrinaLColeman

        @KatrinaLColeman @neiltyson 😘I feel the love, and it feels fine.

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      1. But... Annie Wu’s been dead for 30 years!‏ @AnnieW 25 Nov 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson They said you'd say that.

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      1. Dariel Newman‏ @DarielNewman 25 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson The #MayanAlienZombieApocalypse being merely hoax is more than I can bear! Oh well, there’s always Bigfoot, right? ;) @offspring

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      1. cameron kirk‏ @notkirk_cameron 25 Nov 2012
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        .@neiltyson Don't worry Mr. Tyson.. the end of the world prophecies I believe in are scientifically proven in the Book of Revelation.

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      2. Brandon Hubbard‏ @Brandon_Hubbard 25 Nov 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson I believe in God. In doing so, I trust that no man knows the day or the hour when the world will end.

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      1. Addison Clark Payden‏ @Payden_Cash 25 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson you're definitely one of my favorite people. So rational and well-spoken.

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      2. Untold Entertainment‏ @UntoldEnt 25 Nov 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @danocox What the heck does science know about when the world is going to end?

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      3. Dan John Cox‏ @danjohncox 25 Nov 2012
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        @UntoldEnt @neiltyson significantly more than the mayans. and it sure knows more about when its going to rain than raindancers...

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      4. Untold Entertainment‏ @UntoldEnt 25 Nov 2012
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        @danocox @neiltyson i'm reading a book right now about brain plasticity that talks about how ingrained one school of thought was ...

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      2. David Paterson‏ @DavidPatersonca 25 Nov 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @saskboy @ the same time, many ppl are more prepared 2 believe Mayan doom prophecies than real scientific #climatechange cautions

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      1. Charles W Mark, Ph.D‏ @markcmarkw 25 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson End of the world comes to all of us at the moment of death. As if that awareness is not enough people want to major on minors.

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      1. Captain Snakebag‏ @gertrudethelame 29 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson so does this mean you're not coming to my end of the world party? :(

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      1. Baxter Spotlight‏ @BaxterSpotlight 26 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson yeah right, I guess the Aztecs were just making it all up. You science people are all so closed minded.

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      1. Bayoutrailertrash‏ @Bayou_trash 25 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson Blasphemy! Guess I shouldn't max the cards out...

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