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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 26 Apr 2015

    The total number "What-are-the-odds?" moments that can happen is so large, we should instead think of rare events as common.

    5:11 PM - 26 Apr 2015
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      2. CK‏ @cranekicker 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson how come geese and cheese don’t rhyme

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      4. CK‏ @cranekicker 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @marisave

        @marisave the football player?

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      1. HOWLon‏ @CowlonFullerton 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson you're a giant nerd and I'm going to give you a swirlie

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      1. NinjaHelloKitty‏ @food_blogger 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson To paraphrase Terry Prachett: "one-in-a-million chances happen nine times out of ten."

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      2. kiddle‏ @kiddle 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson just like overlapping birthdays in a classroom. Seems unintuitive. but, mathematically, it works.

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      3. Will Bass‏ @WillyB_ass 26 Apr 2015
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        @kiddle @neiltyson 23 people in one room, the odds that a shared birthday exists in the same room is 50%.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. kiddle‏ @kiddle 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @WillyB_ass

        @WillyB_ass @neiltyson in my college stats class we had 30+ ppl and it was more likely that there was a duplicate birthday than not.

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      5. Will Bass‏ @WillyB_ass 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @kiddle

        @kiddle @neiltyson there's lies, there's damned lies, and then there's statistics.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      6. Will Bass‏ @WillyB_ass 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @WillyB_ass

        @kiddle @neiltyson we test old experiments; why? The impossible happens. Science changes. Moore's law has even been exceeded! Just imagine.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. kiddle‏ @kiddle 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @WillyB_ass

        @WillyB_ass @neiltyson this is true... But I think that math is actually pretty established😁

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      2. sunitha‏ @_sunithapalat 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @Maggie1101 @caitIinhussey Gym

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      3. maggie‏ @Maggie1101 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @_sunithapalat

        @_sunithapalat @neiltyson @caitIinhussey don't get it

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      4. Cait Hussey‏ @caithuss 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @Maggie1101

        @Maggie1101 @_sunithapalat @neiltyson what are the odds that marge doesnt get it?

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      2. eman‏ @g0rrin 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson the only true rarity is the lack of rarities

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      3. smittymolly‏ @mikeyjanzen 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @g0rrin

        @g0rrin @neiltyson you might be the only responder who understood what he said! Well, other than me. Ha! We live in a world of nitwits.

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      4. eman‏ @g0rrin 26 Apr 2015
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        @mikeyjanzen @neiltyson great minds!

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      1. UrsusMaritimus‏ @ursus_marit 26 Apr 2015
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        @neiltyson that was the best of tweets, that was the blurst of tweets.

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      2. Ko Motorore ahau‏ @LaurieFleming 26 Apr 2015
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        @neiltyson The million-to-one shot happens nine times out of ten.

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