Sidenote: Is this @neiltyson Maya shit really him? Really, really??? We sure he don't have a smug white atheist intern tweeting for him?
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@ShelbyGoodwin why wouldn’t it be@neiltyson? He knows the world isn’t ending -
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@ChrisMacDen He should know 1) 7mil Maya are alive rt now 2)The world-ending meme is white-made 3)Joking abt genocide makes you an asshole -
@ShelbyGoodwin@ChrisMacDen and the prophecy isn't that the world will end, but that it will change significantly ushering in a new era -
@MsJamilaAisha@ShelbyGoodwin prophecy from millennia ago will always be misunderstood. Look at Revelations -
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@ChrisMacDen Except Maya told everyone, "Actually our ancestors viewed time as circular so none of this 'world-ending' ish is even a thing" -
@ShelbyGoodwin I doubt he pays attention to what modern-day Maya say. He probably doesn’t know they’re still alive -
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@ChrisMacDen: I doubt he pays attention to what modern-day Maya say. He probably doesn’t know they’re still alive - 1 more reply
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@neiltyson dude, I think the modern day Maya might have some stuff to say about that. Particularly as they dont predict the apocalypse. - 1 more reply
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On top of that, the Maya never predicted the end of the world. It's all a new-age hoax created years ago to promote a book.
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@neiltyson go ask the millions of mayas in central america what they think. They're still around despite their "demise"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson The Maya are still here, and they aren't to blame for the "prediction" anyway. People who can't read a calendar are.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson The Mayans didn't really "predict" ANYTHING. They had an extremely accurate astronomical calendar which they then correlated… -
…w/ symbolic/meanigful aspects & auspices. Kind of like how we mark "important" dates in our lives. Rituals & symbols all
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@neiltyson Cultures that agree to a date of their own demise are not that great at being a culture.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"Demise" -- What are you talking about,
@neiltyson? There are millions of Maya still very much alive in Mexico, Guatemala & Honduras! -
@ThinkMexican I had to unfollow him for his disrespectful tweets about the Mayan culture . He should stick to astronomy
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@neiltyson Hard to believe the world as we know it will end because some Mayan dude writing calendars got Carpal tunnel syndrome.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson you can rag on scientific illiterates without throwing other cultures under the buss. i'm sure the maya also find them irritatingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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