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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 5 Jun 2013

    Things you might say if you flunked Intro Probability & Statistics: "There's no such thing as coincidences"

    5:40 PM - 5 Jun 2013
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    128 replies 1,719 retweets 880 likes
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      2. Dan Lewis‏Verified account @DanDotLewis 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson I have a lucky number. It's four digits and whenever I enter it into the ATM, money comes out.

        2 replies 3 retweets 10 likes
      3. Lliam Munro‏ @lrmunro 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @DanDotLewis

        @DanDotLewis Really? What's the number? I'll see if it works for me. @neiltyson

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Dan Lewis‏Verified account @DanDotLewis 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @lrmunro

        @lrmunro One thousand, two hundred and thirty four.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. skullsinthestars‏ @drskyskull 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson "I've lost this game so many times in a row, I've *got* to win soon!"

        2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
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      1. Mx. Evan Phoenix‏ @evanphx 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson They might also say "It's so unusual that we'd have the same birthday!"

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      1. Isabella Rosa‏ @labellarosa 12 Jul 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        “@neiltyson: Things you might say if you flunked Intro Probability & Statistics: "There's no such thing as coincidences"”

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      1. Alex K. Psycho  🔪‏ @AlexKPorell 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson V from V for Vendetta would disagree with you there. "There are no coincidences, Delia, only the illusion of coincidence."

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      1. Jeremy Johnson‏ @jerm_az 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @julieblaha Sometimes I believe this.......

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      1. wilson p. barlow‏ @trashcanface 5 Jun 2013
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        “@neiltyson: Things you might say if you flunked Intro Probability & Statistics: "There's no such thing as coincidences"” @Bennicus3000

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      2. Don A. Bailey‏ @DonAndrewBailey 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson from a disparate perspective, a trained psychiatrist might say there are no coincidences :)

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      2. Tom Johnson‏ @FlyBoyTomJ 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson But doesn't the average fully describe the system? ;-) #whoneedsstandarddeviation

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      3. Matthew Smith‏ @tweetcompatible 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @FlyBoyTomJ

        @FlyBoyTomJ @neiltyson needless to say, you're the first person to ever use that hashtag.

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      4. Tom Johnson‏ @FlyBoyTomJ 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @tweetcompatible

        @tweetcompatible @neiltyson but if it's needless to say... #paradox

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      5. Matthew Smith‏ @tweetcompatible 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @FlyBoyTomJ

        @FlyBoyTomJ @neiltyson the entire phrase is, in itself, needless to say.

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      6. Tom Johnson‏ @FlyBoyTomJ 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @tweetcompatible

        @tweetcompatible @neiltyson aaand we now have the mobius strip of unnecessary tweets.

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      7. Matthew Smith‏ @tweetcompatible 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @FlyBoyTomJ

        @FlyBoyTomJ @neiltyson I'm pretty sure pointing out the lack of necessity in tweets tips the list of unnecessary. #whenwillthejokedie

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Matthew Smith‏ @tweetcompatible 5 Jun 2013
        Replying to @tweetcompatible

        @FlyBoyTomJ @neiltyson *tops. Haha.

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