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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 18 Dec 2016

    Sometimes I wonder if we'd have flying cars by now had civilization spent a little less brain energy contemplating Football.

    2:03 PM - 18 Dec 2016
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    3,023 replies 18,172 retweets 54,845 likes
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      2. Bla1ze‏Verified account @bla1ze 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        And caring about the Kardashians.

        7 replies 46 retweets 880 likes
      3. Colin Martin‏ @NotGbo 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @bla1ze @neiltyson

        the people who care about the Kardashians are not the people who will be inventing the future. #justsaying

        14 replies 30 retweets 932 likes
      4. Bla1ze‏Verified account @bla1ze 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @NotGbo @neiltyson

        isn't talking about inventing the future. He's talking where we could be right now, if ppl hadn't wasted their brainpower

        12 replies 2 retweets 83 likes
      5. Colin Martin‏ @NotGbo 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @bla1ze @neiltyson

        be pedantic over tenses then. They wouldn't have been the people. :)

        6 replies 0 retweets 77 likes
      6. Give Aaron Rodgers Vicodin Every Game‏ @MaryKMart 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @NotGbo @bla1ze @neiltyson

        how about you nerds stop complaining about the Kardashians and start inventing instant pizza?

        12 replies 32 retweets 379 likes
      7. Bla1ze‏Verified account @bla1ze 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @MaryKMart @NotGbo @neiltyson

        Coming right up. 🍕

        1 reply 3 retweets 41 likes
      8. End of conversation
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      2. PFTCommenter‏ @PFTCommenter 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Do you know how much worst society would be if instead of a football helmet we had given leonard little a flying car? use ur head @neiltyson

        17 replies 98 retweets 847 likes
      3. Adam  ⚾️‏ @TrollinThunder 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @PFTCommenter @neiltyson

        we alredy have flying cars their called plains

        9 replies 20 retweets 270 likes
      4. Terrible ✩ ꙮ‏ @Terriblerevor 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @TrollinThunder @PFTCommenter @neiltyson

        hell yeah! I love plainspic.twitter.com/oWhvdAg7rU

        8 replies 11 retweets 481 likes
      5. James Thomas Doyle‏ @JimboSlice___ 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Terriblerevor @TrollinThunder and

        savage

        2 replies 1 retweet 23 likes
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      2. Lyons Yellin‏Verified account @LyonsYellin 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson perhaps u would've invented a flying car by now if u didn't waste so much brain energy contemplating things that don't involve u

        12 replies 53 retweets 674 likes
      3. Nick Underhill‏Verified account @nick_underhill 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @LyonsYellin

        Neil's going to summon a blackhole to come and get you.

        1 reply 3 retweets 173 likes
      4. Lyons Yellin‏Verified account @LyonsYellin 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @nick_underhill

        .@nick_underhill 😂I'll take my chances. Dude can't create flying car, yet I'm to believe he can manipulate a black hole with precision?!haha

        4 replies 2 retweets 79 likes
      5. Bill Stewart‏ @BillStewart415 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @LyonsYellin @nick_underhill

        He's an astrophysicist, not a mechanical engineer.

        1 reply 0 retweets 19 likes
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      2. M Soprano‏ @mjctical 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        replace football with religion and yes.

        11 replies 17 retweets 304 likes
      3. Jeddy Wilkinson‏ @JeddyWilkinson 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @mjctical @neiltyson

        There's a difference?

        6 replies 1 retweet 82 likes
      4. M Soprano‏ @mjctical 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @JeddyWilkinson @neiltyson

        😂😂 i'll concede; sometimes, it seems as if there isn't.

        0 replies 0 retweets 40 likes
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