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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 19 Nov 2015

    Appetite larger than 140 characters? Here’s 1,000 words on "What Science Is & How and Why it Works” -http://huff.to/2169ARA 

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      2. Chris Swanson‏ @Chriscub2334 19 Nov 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson send it to the GOP

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      2. Doug L. Hoffman‏ @ResilientEarth 19 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson Do whatever it takes to avoid fooling yourself into thinking something is true that is not, or that something is not true that is

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      3. Doug L. Hoffman‏ @ResilientEarth 19 Nov 2015
        Replying to @ResilientEarth

        @neiltyson Does avoid fooling yourself include trying to silence those with different opinions & interpretations of the data?

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      2. Rulon James Downard‏ @RJDownard 7 Dec 2015
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        @neiltyson Science is the "chips fall where they may" way of figuring out empirically decidable things @sherlockmichael 20 letters to spare

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      3. Rulon James Downard‏ @RJDownard 7 Dec 2015
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        @neiltyson @sherlockmichael btw I suggest the decidable/undecidable dichotomy refines Gould's old oft-maligned NOMA http://www.twowordculture.com/tip/files/NOMA-Revisited-2014.pdf …

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      2. rossipedia‏ @rossipedia 19 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson I can't believe we still need these articles. Science is the observation of WHAT IS

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      1. Abhilash GM‏ @abhilashgm 19 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson Love this: "Do whatever it takes to avoid... thinking something is true that is not, or that something is not true that is."

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      1. Gregory Goseb‏ @goseb_gregory 19 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson please send it to Ben Carson

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      1. I love Astrid S‏ @JedBrown5 19 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson What's your stance on medical and or recreational cannabis. Sorry if you've already expressed it. Out of the podcast loop.

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      1. Doug L. Hoffman‏ @ResilientEarth 19 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson "If you commit outright fraud, such as knowingly faking data, ... the revelation will end your career." Goodbye Tom Karl? @NOAA

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      1. SEIMS‏ @SEIMSmusic 19 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson should only need these two words to explain anything science related: "because, science."

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      1. John Hampshire‏ @1johnhampshire 19 Nov 2015
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        .@neiltyson Don't suppose you'll bother, @TonyAbbottMHR - too late anyway - but good read on all that sciency stuff that so confounds you.

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      1. I am still THATguy SamNESTOR, the avantgardePIRATE‏ @thedesertape 19 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson wait..we are still allowed to read more than 140 characters at a time? Wow! This may be the biggest news for some people. We shou

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      1. Melody BorchersGreen‏ @borchersgreen 19 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson I was always very good in science but didn't pursue a career in it. My loss...

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      1. Smokey  🌐‏ @Smokey_47 19 Nov 2015
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        @neiltyson cheers

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      2. mike mulloy‏ @fakemikemulloy 25 Nov 2015
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        .@neiltyson here's four words on what Neil deGrasse Tyson is: a big fat nerd.

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      3. MassRafTer‏ @mongo_ebooks 25 Nov 2015
        Replying to @fakemikemulloy

        @fakemikemulloy @neiltyson also wrong about god

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      1. Ediberto Millan‏ @EDMillan 18 Dec 2015
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        @neiltyson U R STILL FUNNY!!!

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