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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 26 Jan 2014

    Astrophysicists are monitors of extreme adjectives. Which is why "Miss Universe" to us is just "Miss Earth".

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      1. sɔᴉsʎɥdpɐq ꤶ  🦘‏⁧ 🦘‏‏ @BadPhysics 26 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson Nah, "Miss Earth" is what @B612foundation says to asteroids.

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      1. Greg Redfern‏ @SkyGuyinVA 26 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson or Miss Human

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      2. Jon Marcus‏ @ThusSpokeJon 26 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson "Miss Universe." It has a similar arrogance as the "World Series."

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      1. Jason Major‏ @JPMajor 26 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson I seriously doubt they even invited any extraterrestrial species!

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      1. Mark Cooper‏ @AstragaliUSA 26 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson Well, it's not the organisers' fault that none of the alien races return their calls...

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      1. stevethestu‏ @stevethestu 26 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson None of those are adjectives, Mr. Tyson.

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      1. Stu Diligence‏ @StuDiligence 27 Jan 2014
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        But @neiltyson any alien is likely to be less attractive to humans than our best specimen because evolution. #MissUniverse @CourtneyHammett

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      1. Physguy‏ @physguy2 26 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson @taboo1099 Thank GAWD none were moonwalkers. Hew, hew, hewwww.... :-))

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      1. Bücketheâd‏ @BuucketHe4d 26 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson Just watched "Contact". That line was in the movie. RIP Carl Sagan

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      1. sean hollenbeck‏ @yahshua117 26 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson okay you're a poet and you know it!? Let's get down with astrophysics! The source in substancevof all football (star) things !?;)

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      1. Andrew Chapman‏ @achap84 26 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson I assume you feel similarly about the winner of the Super Bowl being crowned the World Champion?

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      2. Liam Bradley‏ @LiamBradley 26 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson If I flew out into space and looked back at earth...it would look still. But shouldn't it be a blurry spinning ball?

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      1. Ann‏ @lilasbaby2 18 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson i always thought about that..why do they call them Miss *Universe*?? when there's only humans participating

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        @neiltyson Congrats on your 1000★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/427628465194827776 …

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      1. Aditya Harneja‏ @harneja 9 Feb 2014
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        #Degrassism RT @neiltyson Astrophysicists are monitors of extreme adjectives. Which is why "Miss Universe" to us is just "Miss Earth".

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      1. No gods no problem‏ @NoGodsNoProblem 2 Feb 2014
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        @neiltyson Or generically, "Miss Place" where losing is only temporary

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      1. Chris Gary‏ @DeskPlace 31 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson we can at least call them 'ms solar system' - we are pretty certain they'd beat anything else in our solar system, right? ;)

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      1. Kshama A. Mehra‏ @KshamaMehra 28 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson agreed. I always wondered that as a child

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