@neiltyson So it should be called decorpitation instead?
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@neiltyson "Off with his universe!", since everything we perceive is essentially in our brains, right? - 1 more reply
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@neiltyson that would be a COLD rap lyric punch line.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Shouldn't Lubricant be called lubrican?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson watching Flight of the Choncords a character said "They chopped off his body!" talking about someone whose penis was mutilatedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson It doesn't scan as well. Same reason "To boldly go" is better than "to go boldly." Stick with science, science man.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson naturally that reminds me of Dennett's "Where Am I?" which tackles that question: http://www.newbanner.com/SecHumSCM/WhereAmI.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson This is a Monty Python scene waiting to happen. "Oh, that sounds preferable. I'll have that."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson It's not a beheading, it's a debodying?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@SCHayworth that would make the correct term "decorpitation" rather than "decapitation", yes?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@SCHayworth Apologies for crudeness, but I find this oddly fitting... http://youtu.be/UWyma-8XorI?t=23s …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson dude. I love you so hard right now...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@dhanji do not underestimate how much our nervous system defines how we perceive and interact with the worldThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson you are right but such distinctions would be irrelevant a few minutes post decapitation. @lilmissatheistThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson I don't agree with your premise, but the head is part of the body, too. You can't cut someone's body off, pace Descartes.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson: Our identity is located in our brain. So the executioner's command "Off with his head!" should really be "Off with his body!"”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Fair enough. Yet one must shoot a zombie in its head to destroy it, so why not a human? Just sayin' case corpses roam y'know....Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Perhaps this link you are interested you or any of your friends:http://joseguevarauniverse.tumblr.comThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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