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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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New York City
haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
Joined January 2009

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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 10 Dec 2016

    When facts are what people want to be true, in spite of contrary evidence, witness the beginning of the end of an informed Democracy

    7:48 PM - 10 Dec 2016
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    1,411 replies 39,713 retweets 68,911 likes
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      2. Extremely Careless‏ @Shanghaibeast 10 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        RT @neiltyson When facts are what people want to be true, in spite of contrary evid., witness the beginning of the end of informed Democracypic.twitter.com/cTAYygLlhp

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      3. Extremely Careless‏ @Shanghaibeast 10 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Shanghaibeast

        pic.twitter.com/iZ6oqx2TYo

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      4. Extremely Careless‏ @Shanghaibeast 10 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Shanghaibeast

        RT @neiltyson When facts are what people want to be true, in spite of contrary evidence, witness beginning of the end of informed Democracypic.twitter.com/pjymN5Tdu4

        2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
      5. Extremely Careless‏ @Shanghaibeast 10 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Shanghaibeast

        RT @neiltyson When facts are what people want to be true, in spite of contrary evidence, witness beginning of end of an informed Democracypic.twitter.com/BuJDCmRErC

        1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
      6. Extremely Careless‏ @Shanghaibeast 10 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Shanghaibeast

        RT @neiltyson When facts are what people want to be true, in spite of contrary evidence, witness... the end of an informed Democracypic.twitter.com/mJpQk0gl0l

        2 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
      7. Extremely Careless‏ @Shanghaibeast 10 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Shanghaibeast

        RT @neiltyson When facts are what people want to be true, in spite of contrary evidence...pic.twitter.com/TRuyxksek9

        4 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
      8. Space Princess‏ @ThatBitchAlana 10 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Shanghaibeast @neiltyson

        because, you know, magazines don't ever prepare stories for each outcome so that they are ready to print.

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      9. End of conversation
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      2. Alameda Mark‏ @alamedamark 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @cherokeesher2 It's called Cognitive Dissonance. The whole country is detaching from reality.

        2 replies 3 retweets 9 likes
      3. She Won  🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊‏ @DianaforHillary 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @alamedamark @cherokeesher2 @neiltyson

        Are you sure it's not called Willful Ignorance?

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      4. heather‏ @heatherbelle585 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @DianaforHillary @cherokeesher2 and

        You can call it WILLFUL, but I wish we didn't have to put up with it

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      5. Alameda Mark‏ @alamedamark 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @heatherbelle585 @DianaforHillary and

        Totally agree. These next four years are going to be weird....and awful.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      6. She Won  🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊‏ @DianaforHillary 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @alamedamark @heatherbelle585 and

        Keep praying for the smoking gun that puts that POS in prison.

        2 replies 3 retweets 10 likes
      7. KayBear wants you to VOTE‏ @KayBear54 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @DianaforHillary @Womenspeakup and

        He should be indicted by now https://corrupt.af/ 

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      8. Alameda Mark‏ @alamedamark 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @KayBear54 @DianaforHillary and

        At this point, I think he needs to be impeached first

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      9. J‏ @Womenspeakup 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @alamedamark @KayBear54 and

        NO! Then we'll have Pres. Pence, & he's even MORE evil!!

        3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      2. Mark81150‏ @Mark_Nunya 10 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Like when you lied about a Bush quote? like you're a credible source for anything political.http://ln.is/thefederalist.com/20/ve8K2 …

        3 replies 21 retweets 15 likes
      3. Mike Spade‏ @Sporty1546 11 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Mark_Nunya

        #Pffft @neiltyson isn't a credible source for ANYTHING about anything.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Mark81150‏ @Mark_Nunya 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Sporty1546

        Love to know when an Astronomer, the idiot step child of Astrophysics became the ultimate source on "science" for dweebs?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. JonasGrumble‏ @JonasGrumble 10 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        in light of the contrary evidence found in the Constitution, this is NOT a Democracy, even if you want it to be true. #Republic

        2 replies 22 retweets 21 likes
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