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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 19 Sep 2013

    Our identity is located in our brain. So the executioner's command "Off with his head!" should really be "Off with his body!"

    12:24 PM - 19 Sep 2013
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      1. @davehayden‏ @davehayden 19 Sep 2013
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        @neiltyson So it should be called decorpitation instead?

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      2. Nearly Headless Neff‏ @joshuamneff 19 Sep 2013
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        @neiltyson "Off with his universe!", since everything we perceive is essentially in our brains, right?

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      1. Pato Siebenhaar‏ @MisterStank 19 Sep 2013
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        @neiltyson that would be a COLD rap lyric punch line.

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      1. Randy Foster‏ @randyfoster92 19 Sep 2013
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        @neiltyson @GavinFree

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      1. Robert Longo‏ @longo_robert 7 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson Shouldn't Lubricant be called lubrican?

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      1. Ce n'est pas un cul‏ @culoman 19 Sep 2013
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        @neiltyson watching Flight of the Choncords a character said "They chopped off his body!" talking about someone whose penis was mutilated

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      1. Gingersnap Jackson‏ @TheCheekyGinger 19 Sep 2013
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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.

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      1. Luigi Bored‏ @_mattio 19 Sep 2013
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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 …

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      1. Will Hagaman‏ @willhaga 19 Sep 2013
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        @neiltyson This is a Monty Python scene waiting to happen. "Oh, that sounds preferable. I'll have that."

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      1. David Marsh‏ @NimbleDave 19 Sep 2013
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        @neiltyson It's not a beheading, it's a debodying?

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      1. Spoopy Spoonie Enby‏ @McNutcase 19 Sep 2013
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        .@neiltyson @SCHayworth that would make the correct term "decorpitation" rather than "decapitation", yes?

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      1. Matt G.‏ @DeathFrisbee2k 19 Sep 2013
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        @neiltyson @SCHayworth Apologies for crudeness, but I find this oddly fitting... http://youtu.be/UWyma-8XorI?t=23s …

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      1. Violet Byrne‏ @TheVioletByrne 19 Sep 2013
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        @neiltyson dude. I love you so hard right now...

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      1. Machiel KG‏ @machielg 24 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @dhanji do not underestimate how much our nervous system defines how we perceive and interact with the world

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      1. OpenMind‏ @MyOpenMind101 7 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson you are right but such distinctions would be irrelevant a few minutes post decapitation. @lilmissatheist

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      1. The Accolade News‏ @TheAccoladeNews 6 Oct 2013
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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.

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      1. Christian‏ @StultzXD 27 Sep 2013
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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!"”

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      1. Angie‏ @ARottedczenko 23 Sep 2013
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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....

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      1. José G. Guevara P.‏ @Jggp46Jos 22 Sep 2013
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        @neiltyson Perhaps this link you are interested you or any of your friends:http://joseguevarauniverse.tumblr.com 

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