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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 21 Feb 2013

    You don't need to be a scientist to know Earth's age or that life evolved. You just need be one who embraces objective truths

    11:00 AM - 21 Feb 2013
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      2. randall "it means (were)wolf" g. arnold  🌊‏ @texrat 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson but, oh, the uneducated people who claim to be smarter than scientists. I'm surrounded by them...

        2 replies 3 retweets 4 likes
      3. Carmen Crincoli  ⭐️‏ @CarmenCrincoli 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @texrat

        @texrat @neiltyson They're smarter because they haven't been tainted by "vaccines".

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. randall "it means (were)wolf" g. arnold  🌊‏ @texrat 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @CarmenCrincoli

        @CarmenCrincoli @neiltyson ack, had it not been for brain-stunting vaccines I could have been an intellectual!

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      2. Seán Stickle‏ @seanstickle 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson You have a fairly loose definition of the word “know”. Most people who “know” the Earth’s age &c are using a trust-chain.

        4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Sentient Ape (James Wilbur)‏ @SentientApe 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @seanstickle

        @seanstickle @neiltyson Yeah. Let's dissect the meaning of know so then no one can claim to "know" anything. Then everything is plausible.

        2 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
      4. Seán Stickle‏ @seanstickle 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @SentientApe

        @SentientApe @neiltyson Well, that’s one option. Or we draw a clearer distinction between knowledge and trust in others’ knowledge.

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      5. BlackJester‏ @BlkJstr 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @seanstickle

        @seanstickle @sentientape @neiltyson If that were the case, we could claim very very little knowledge. Also, define "we".

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      6. Seán Stickle‏ @seanstickle 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BlkJstr

        @RealBlackJester @SentientApe @neiltyson I know very little. I know the Pythagorean theorem and some such things, as I can derive them.

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      2. immigrant, grandson of immigrants, ggs of immgrnts‏ @etobian 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson "You just need be one who embraces objective truths" That leaves so many behind…

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      1. Griffin Wholley‏ @wh0ll3y 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson A question I'm asked frequently is, "why haven't other apes evolved?" Is it something homo-sapiens said? #thesethingstaketime

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      1. Bryan Tackett‏ @BRTackett 21 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson A great man once said "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." :)

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      2. Tony O’Lantern (1/1024th  🎃) 🇭🇷 🇯🇪‏ @tonybalogna 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson I guess Dr. Ben Carson isn't a scientist. Though he has done more than you.

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      3. Matthew Battle‏ @librab103 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @tonybalogna

        @tonybalogna why are you hating on @neiltyson ?

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      4. Tony O’Lantern (1/1024th  🎃) 🇭🇷 🇯🇪‏ @tonybalogna 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @librab103

        @librab103 @neiltyson He pushes athiesm more than science education. 2/5th of scientists doubt evolution.

        9 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      5. Justin Olson‏ @JustinHOlson 21 Feb 2013
        Replying to @tonybalogna

        @tonybalogna @librab103 @neiltyson 2009 Pew poll: "Nearly all scientists (97%) say humans and other living things have evolved over time."

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      6. Tony O’Lantern (1/1024th  🎃) 🇭🇷 🇯🇪‏ @tonybalogna 22 Feb 2013
        Replying to @JustinHOlson

        @justinholson @librab103 @neiltyson A) Pew poll is garbage, B) I should have clarified by saying doubt of the theory, not the idea.

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      7. Justin Olson‏ @JustinHOlson 22 Feb 2013
        Replying to @tonybalogna

        @tonybalogna @librab103 @neiltyson Pew polled members of AAAS, world's largest general scientific society. Where does 2/5th come from?

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      1. matt‏ @MattNosirraH 7 Mar 2013
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        “@neiltyson: You don't need to be a scientist to know Earth's age or that life evolved. You just need be one who embraces objective truths”

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