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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 3 Feb 2013

    If Gridirons were timelines, w/ BigBang at one goal, then cavemen to now spans thickness of single turf-blade at other goal.

    5:34 PM - 3 Feb 2013
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      1. Andrea‏ @akismetoo 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson nobody cares. This analogy has been done a million times and better.

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      1. Favstar.fm 250★'s‏ @Favstar250 12 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson Congrats on your 250★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/298243023135985665 …

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      1. Eric James‏ @EBatterson 19 Mar 2013
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        @neiltyson science!!!!! #SciencePope #superbowl

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      1. Tony Todd‏ @ThatTonyTodd 13 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson it's impressive in that it's not more extreme. I was expecting the distance from the opposing goal to measured in an atoms width

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      1. Kay O2‏ @Observer2isback 11 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson Really? To scale? That sounds much bigger than I would expect...

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      1. Ken Decore‏ @kdecore 3 Feb 2013
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        I love that @neiltyson takes something as uninteresting (to me) as football and uses it as science metaphors.

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      1. Paul‏ @gowithelmo 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson How do you get over this perspective? This shared world view worries me even though I accept myself as part of a cycle of matter.

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      1. Jessie Ranieri‏ @JessieRanieri 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson that is amazing

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      1. KVan‏ @KirkVanNostrand 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson Flacco!

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      1. beach medic‏ @beach_medic 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson you know I'm getting tired of your continued highlighting of the chronological insignificance of mankind

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      1. Joseph Scarin'‏ @joseph_foran 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson does that make the goal line the Singularity?

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      1. The Wizard of Violence‏ @synchronaut 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson It's still any ones game, man.

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      1. David Ben Eleazar‏ @Sakefish 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson You consistently make the world seem more remarkable, sir.

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      1. quiknikv‏ @quiknikv 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson that's easy to visualize and therefore powerful. Thank you.

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      1. benjamin abel‏ @crabby_goat 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson my wife said put down the bong, this is a beer event

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      1. John Dykeman‏ @jonnyaudio 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson Go home Neil. You're drunk!

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