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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.

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      2. Bla1ze‏Verified account @Bla1ze 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        And caring about the Kardashians.

        7 replies . 47 retweets 950 likes
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      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

        13 replies . 1 retweet 89 likes
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      6. Mary Kringle Mart‏ @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 . 35 retweets 419 likes
      7. Bla1ze‏Verified account @Bla1ze 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @MaryKMart @NotGbo @neiltyson

        Coming right up. 🍕

        1 reply . 3 retweets 46 likes
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      2. Lyons Yellin WWL-TV‏Verified 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 . 58 retweets 708 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 . 4 retweets 180 likes
      4. Lyons Yellin WWL-TV‏Verified 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 . 3 retweets 88 likes
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      2. Cody Brown‏Verified account @CodyBrown 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        . @neiltyson sometimes I think about you and really, really miss Carl Sagan. Sagan was curious about things like football, not snobby.pic.twitter.com/FrNIUuVbIX

        10 replies . 40 retweets 310 likes
      3. Robert J. Berger‏ @rberger 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @CodyBrown @neiltyson

        's point is still valid.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 18 likes
      4. Cody Brown‏Verified account @CodyBrown 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @rberger @neiltyson

        in what way? you can also wonder whether we'd be around to have science if it weren't for this kind of mass catharsis

        4 replies . 0 retweets 46 likes
      5. Robert J. Berger‏ @rberger 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @CodyBrown @neiltyson

        Its just tribalism. Its profit making sugar coated secular religion. I know that is a minority thought, C'est la vie

        2 replies . 0 retweets 28 likes
      6. Cody Brown‏Verified account @CodyBrown 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @rberger @neiltyson

        it's also the only viable ticket for many in this country to escape systemic poverty.

        8 replies . 0 retweets 22 likes
      7. Robert J. Berger‏ @rberger 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @CodyBrown @neiltyson

        You're trolling now aren't you?

        2 replies . 0 retweets 4 likes
      8. Cody Brown‏Verified account @CodyBrown 18 Dec 2016
        Replying to @rberger @neiltyson

        really not dude. you can't escape the class context in a discussion about football. edu opportunities far from equal

        4 replies . 0 retweets 36 likes
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