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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 2 Dec 2012

    Hard to take seriously predictions about the end of the world from the Maya, a culture that could not predict its own demise

    11:08 AM - 2 Dec 2012
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      2.  🙋🏾‍♀️ Shelby Goodwin‏ @ShelbyGoodwin 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Sidenote: Is this @neiltyson Maya shit really him? Really, really??? We sure he don't have a smug white atheist intern tweeting for him?

        2 replies 5 retweets 5 likes
      3. ChrisMacDen‏ @ChrisMacDen 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @ShelbyGoodwin

        @ShelbyGoodwin why wouldn’t it be @neiltyson? He knows the world isn’t ending

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4.  🙋🏾‍♀️ Shelby Goodwin‏ @ShelbyGoodwin 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @ChrisMacDen

        .@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

        3 replies 7 retweets 13 likes
      5. J.A.B.‏ @MsJamilaAisha 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @ShelbyGoodwin

        @ShelbyGoodwin @ChrisMacDen and the prophecy isn't that the world will end, but that it will change significantly ushering in a new era

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. ChrisMacDen‏ @ChrisMacDen 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @MsJamilaAisha

        @MsJamilaAisha @ShelbyGoodwin prophecy from millennia ago will always be misunderstood. Look at Revelations

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7.  🙋🏾‍♀️ Shelby Goodwin‏ @ShelbyGoodwin 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @ChrisMacDen

        .@ChrisMacDen Except Maya told everyone, "Actually our ancestors viewed time as circular so none of this 'world-ending' ish is even a thing"

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. ChrisMacDen‏ @ChrisMacDen 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @ShelbyGoodwin

        @ShelbyGoodwin I doubt he pays attention to what modern-day Maya say. He probably doesn’t know they’re still alive

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      9.  🙋🏾‍♀️ Shelby Goodwin‏ @ShelbyGoodwin 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @ChrisMacDen

        e_e RT @ChrisMacDen: I doubt he pays attention to what modern-day Maya say. He probably doesn’t know they’re still alive

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      2. GCU Cave Of Possibilities‏ @JonnieMarbLes 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson dude, I think the modern day Maya might have some stuff to say about that. Particularly as they dont predict the apocalypse.

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      1. Think Mexican‏ @ThinkMexican 7 Dec 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        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. @neiltyson

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      1. Evan Pérez‏Verified account @evanperez 2 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson go ask the millions of mayas in central america what they think. They're still around despite their "demise"

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      1. Craig Good‏ @clgood 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson The Maya are still here, and they aren't to blame for the "prediction" anyway. People who can't read a calendar are.

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      2. Damien But No Spoopier Than Usual, Which is Fairly‏ @Wolven 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson The Mayans didn't really "predict" ANYTHING. They had an extremely accurate astronomical calendar which they then correlated…

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Damien But No Spoopier Than Usual, Which is Fairly‏ @Wolven 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @Wolven

        …w/ symbolic/meanigful aspects & auspices. Kind of like how we mark "important" dates in our lives. Rituals & symbols all @Wolven @neiltyson

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      1. codyb‏Verified account @CodyBrown 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Cultures that agree to a date of their own demise are not that great at being a culture.

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      2. Think Mexican‏ @ThinkMexican 7 Dec 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        "Demise" -- What are you talking about, @neiltyson? There are millions of Maya still very much alive in Mexico, Guatemala & Honduras!

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Rush☭‏ @Rush1862 7 Dec 2012
        Replying to @ThinkMexican

        @ThinkMexican I had to unfollow him for his disrespectful tweets about the Mayan culture . He should stick to astronomy

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Beth Armogida‏ @BethArmogida 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Hard to believe the world as we know it will end because some Mayan dude writing calendars got Carpal tunnel syndrome.

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      1. Dan‏ @musgraved 2 Dec 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson you can rag on scientific illiterates without throwing other cultures under the buss. i'm sure the maya also find them irritating

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