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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
Joined January 2009

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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 2 Oct 2016

    The urge to want some bit of information to be true often clouds our ability to assess why that information may be false.

    2:14 PM - 2 Oct 2016
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      2. shaycarl‏Verified account @shaycarl 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I bet Heavenly Fathers hug for you is going to be the biggest ever!

        2 replies 1 retweet 30 likes
      3. Intertubes9000‏ @Intertubes9000 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @shaycarl @neiltyson

        You're proving his point here...

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. shaycarl‏Verified account @shaycarl 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @Intertubes9000 @neiltyson

        Yea I know...I'm not THAT naive. It just feels good to believe that I have a loving Heavenly Father and mother.

        4 replies 1 retweet 23 likes
      5. o‏ @Bobby_Maupin 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @shaycarl @neiltyson

        It feels better for me to know I'm solely responsible for my one and only life.

        0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
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      2. Matthew Valdivia 宿青龍‏ @MateoDeValdivia 3 Oct 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        You couldn't be talking about the solar-flair #Alien in today's news could you? Lol! #skeptic #AliensFraud

        1 reply 5 retweets 4 likes
      3. SgraoN‏ @SgraoN 7 Oct 2016
        Replying to @MateoDeValdivia @neiltyson

        #AliensFraud is the hash tag refers to the sufferers of cheating real estate builder in Hyderabad. Please note

        0 replies 11 retweets 4 likes
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      2. kylo r(am)en  🍜‏ @traceyfanclub 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        i.e. the existence of hogwarts

        2 replies 1 retweet 97 likes
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      2. MichaelCoffee‏ @MichaelTCoffee 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        ❤️✌️💙pic.twitter.com/av7JOvh2wl

        1 reply 7 retweets 18 likes
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      1. Giacomo Gianniotti‏Verified account @GiacomoKG 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Cognative Dissonance is the earths greatest killer. #science

        0 replies 4 retweets 12 likes
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      1. Brig Dauber‏ @indridcold5651 3 Oct 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        why don't you just admit the earth is flat instead of posting creepy quotes. Creepy.

        0 replies 3 retweets 7 likes
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      2. BOO!bie‏ @boobie_styles 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        how does it feel to be such a nerd that your virginity was retroactively restored

        4 replies 4 retweets 34 likes
      3. BuffaloMatt‏ @Hockeyinthebuff 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @boobie_styles @neiltyson

        Point taken Neil... @Boobie_Styles <----- a good living example.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. BOO!bie‏ @boobie_styles 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @Hockeyinthebuff @neiltyson

        man you really used my own joke on me because you couldn't come up with your own. Well done, Hockey

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. BuffaloMatt‏ @Hockeyinthebuff 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @boobie_styles @neiltyson

        Kindly 👏 You! Totally flattered 🤗

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Yep. Still flat.‏ @EarthIsFlat1 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        We daily observe this behavior from the globeheads. They'd much rather loudly defend a lie then consider they've been lied to.

        1 reply 7 retweets 2 likes
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      2. actionboss‏ @ActionB0SS 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        such as the moonlanding

        2 replies 1 retweet 18 likes
      3. JTChee  🔜 MFF‏ @JTCheetah 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @ActionB0SS @neiltyson

        he's talking about your religious beliefs, but D- for effort!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. actionboss‏ @ActionB0SS 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @JTCheetah @neiltyson

        science is a religion

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. JTChee  🔜 MFF‏ @JTCheetah 2 Oct 2016
        Replying to @ActionB0SS @neiltyson

        hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahauahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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