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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 18 Feb 2015

    Okay. If you are a Kelvin-weenie, then perhaps your favorite cold temperature is ZERO, where you intersect the Rankine scale.

    7:44 AM - 18 Feb 2015
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      2. Peter Sagal‏Verified account @petersagal 18 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Step outside and say that.

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      2. Fraulein Schadenfreude‏Verified account @janewiedlin 18 Feb 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson I love when you talk nerdy to me. #FiftyShadesOfNeil

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      3. Ernest III‏ @ErnmanSellsOut 18 Feb 2015
        Replying to @janewiedlin

        @janewiedlin Were you ever envious of the Bangles because they got Leonard Nimoy to appear in one of their videos?

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      4. Fraulein Schadenfreude‏Verified account @janewiedlin 18 Feb 2015
        Replying to @ErnmanSellsOut

        .@ErnmanSellsOut I wasn't aware of that, but now that I know, I am seething with envy. ;)

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      5. Nearly Headless Neff‏ @joshuamneff 18 Feb 2015
        Replying to @janewiedlin

        @janewiedlin @ErnmanSellsOut Yeah, but you were IN a Star Trek movie--directed by Leonard Nimoy. I think you win.

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      6. Ernest III‏ @ErnmanSellsOut 18 Feb 2015
        Replying to @joshuamneff

        @joshuamneff @janewiedlin Strangely, I wasn't aware of THAT. Ha

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      1. carrie from prom‏ @CarriePotter_ 25 Feb 2015
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        hmm seems like a p. bold statement to b coming from the biggest Kelvin-weenie this side of the Mississippi @neiltyson

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      2. Ben Gross‏ @bhgross144 18 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson Somewhere a lone fan of Réaumur wonders why no one remembers that his scale intersects w/Celsius at zero degrees. #histSTM

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      3. Timoer Frelink‏ @TFr68 18 Feb 2015
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        @bhgross144 @neiltyson And please do not forget the Römer scale as well as Newton's scale; although the later was more for melting metals.

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      4. Thony Christie‏ @rmathematicus 18 Feb 2015
        Replying to @TFr68

        @TFr68 @bhgross144 @neiltyson Read Hasok Chang's "Inventing Temprature"

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      5. Ben Gross‏ @bhgross144 18 Feb 2015
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        @rmathematicus @TFr68 @neiltyson Agreed...an outstanding book! Also worth checking out Chang's "Myth of the Boiling Point" website. #histSTM

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      6. Thony Christie‏ @rmathematicus 18 Feb 2015
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        @bhgross144 @TFr68 @neiltyson Anything by Chang is worth checking out.

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      1. Jeremy Reiner‏Verified account @jreineron7 18 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson Sorry bro....I need my molecules moving...too slow for my liking...

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      1. kelvinternaut‏ @__klvn__ 18 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson I am

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      1. Hacker MAN ;-)‏ @HackerMan01 18 Feb 2015
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        HIGH FREQUENCY ACTIVE AURORAL RESEARCH PROG.#HAARP @neiltyson DECLASSIFED REPORT BY @Europarl_EN 1993-1999 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+REPORT+A4-1999-0005+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN …

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      1. Hacker MAN ;-)‏ @HackerMan01 18 Feb 2015
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        HI MR.ASTROMAN !!! @neiltyson

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      1. help I can’t stop being edgy‏ @KarlMarxFanAcct 18 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson I am in fact a Kelvin weenie

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