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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 13 Nov 2015

    Hey @JohnAllenPaulos, You say you're a mathematician. But can you produce a mathematical proof to support this claim?

    10:55 AM - 13 Nov 2015
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      2. John Allen Paulos‏ @JohnAllenPaulos 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Hi @neiltyson. In closing: you're not only a great astrophysicist, you're a mensch.

        4 replies 28 retweets 196 likes
      3. Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @JohnAllenPaulos

        Thanks @JohnAllenPaulos. Although I've always found you to be occasionally transcendental, yourself.

        26 replies 52 retweets 498 likes
      4. #jjbh‏ @ActivityGrrrl 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Enjoyed @neiltyson's love letter tweets to @JohnAllenPaulos today. My nerdvings are all adither. #FF

        1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
      5. Phil May‏ @philwmay 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @ActivityGrrrl

        @ActivityGrrrl @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos Thanks ActivityGrrrl for adding a new word (adither) to my vocabulary.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      6. #jjbh‏ @ActivityGrrrl 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @philwmay

        @philwmay @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos You're welcome. It's a real word, too. (Nerdvings is not, but it means nerd nerve endings.)

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      7. David Peters‏ @DavidPeters102 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @ActivityGrrrl

        @ActivityGrrrl @philwmay Interesting - my brain sensed the meaning of nerdvings even though you just invented it!

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      8. #jjbh‏ @ActivityGrrrl 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @DavidPeters102

        @DavidPeters102 @philwmay Then it's a success! Maybe #nerdvings is the new #adorkable.

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      9. David Peters‏ @DavidPeters102 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @ActivityGrrrl

        @ActivityGrrrl @philwmay it's better than standard English. Geeklish?

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
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      2. John Allen Paulos‏ @JohnAllenPaulos 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Hi @neiltyson. I have a Ph.D. in math, "math prof" is on all my books, including my new one, A Numerate Life http://bit.ly/1NQglPW . Q.E.D.

        8 replies 8 retweets 93 likes
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      2. Sean Carroll‏Verified account @seanmcarroll 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos Pretty sure he could, given the right axioms.

        1 reply 1 retweet 21 likes
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      1. Zachary Shrier‏ @zshrier 13 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos The set of all mathematicians is not a member of itself.

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      1. Elon Musk Sucks‏ @MariusLecter 13 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos Oh snap!

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      1. Gabriel Yoran‏ @GabrielBerlin 13 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos scientistic reductionism: it's wrong and it's unnecessary

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      2. Really Sasquatch‏ @ReallySasquatch 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        . @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos ME AM SASQUATCH. ME HAS THOUGHT ABOUT MATH NEXT TO THIS TREE. COME TO THE TREE THAT HAS MY MATHEMATICAL PROOF.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
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      2. Lana del Raytheon‏ @srizzo30 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos I bet he can prove that the sum of all real numbers from 1 to infinity is -1/12 @tuckerde

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Tucker DeBolt‏ @tuckerde 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @srizzo30

        @srizzo30 @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos booooooooooo

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Doug L. Hoffman‏ @ResilientEarth 13 Nov 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos if he can produce any mathematical proof that proves he's a mathematician.

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