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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 17 Apr 2017

    Space Aliens may be surprised to learn that Humans have multiple languages & cultures and we kill one another because of it.

    8:03 AM - 17 Apr 2017
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      2. Mike‏ @grorc 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        What makes you think "space aliens" would think or act differently from us??

        2 replies 5 retweets 18 likes
      3. Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @grorc

        Indeed, my biggest fear is that they’ll act just like us.

        13 replies 30 retweets 285 likes
      4. Mike Dougherty‏ @wickedjava 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @grorc

        My biggest fear is that they've moved past that and see us as too infantile of a planet to want to connect with.

        0 replies 2 retweets 16 likes
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      2. can gurses‏Verified account @canitti 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Its ironic that it all happens under the context of "unification" Wars happen cause cultures try to dominate and impose that "unity for all"

        10 replies 34 retweets 331 likes
      3. monica alicia‏ @moniquitacita 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @canitti @neiltyson

        your viewpoint is myopic + backwards. wars happen bc people of power exploit the less educated w fear + lies to fight progress/loss of power

        29 replies 16 retweets 263 likes
      4. can gurses‏Verified account @canitti 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @moniquitacita @neiltyson

        thanks for the compliments :) but it seems we try to make the same point... I view that as the continuation of the evolutionary process...

        3 replies 0 retweets 56 likes
      5. Nitty‏ @NittyOfficial 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @canitti @moniquitacita @neiltyson

        I think unfortunate while war can be unarguable destructive, it has often created stable civilizations

        8 replies 0 retweets 36 likes
      6. can gurses‏Verified account @canitti 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @NittyOfficial @moniquitacita @neiltyson

        ii) he assumes that "alien civilizations" followed a different path while (if) achieving that unity he smtimes tweet just for the sake of it

        4 replies 1 retweet 24 likes
      7. monica alicia‏ @moniquitacita 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @canitti @NittyOfficial @neiltyson

        yes the twitterverse should prob let the man lay down a tweet after toking up + watching arrival. on that note have a good day gentlemen! :)

        1 reply 1 retweet 15 likes
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      2. Robin Seemangal‏Verified account @nova_road 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @SageLazzaro

        This is a disappointingly generic tweet. Why assume Aliens will be benevolent? And they'll have single language and culture?

        60 replies 30 retweets 376 likes
      3. Laurent Weppe‏ @Laurent_Weppe 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @nova_road @neiltyson @SageLazzaro

        Tyson assumes neither. He assume that Aliens having mastered space travels will be smart enough to focus their aggression on something else

        6 replies 1 retweet 37 likes
      4. Robin Seemangal‏Verified account @nova_road 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @Laurent_Weppe @neiltyson @SageLazzaro

        Right. Cause it was non-aggression and benevolence that ignited the space race that put a human in orbit and then on the moon.

        3 replies 1 retweet 28 likes
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      2. Ben Pobjie‏Verified account @benpobjie 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        they probably do the same

        5 replies 0 retweets 136 likes
      3. Luke‏ @FLATEAR 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @benpobjie @neiltyson

        I very much doubt another life form being as ignorant as we have chosen to be

        7 replies 1 retweet 60 likes
      4. Ben Pobjie‏Verified account @benpobjie 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @FLATEAR @neiltyson

        Why? What are you using for your baseline here? They might be far MORE ignorant.

        8 replies 2 retweets 118 likes
      5. Jenni Appleseed‏ @JenniWanKenobi 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @benpobjie @FLATEAR @neiltyson

        If they are capable of inter-space travel to very far distances they have probably evolved past the idiocy NDT is describing.

        7 replies 0 retweets 22 likes
      6. The Meme Is Dead‏ @danthegreater 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @JenniWanKenobi @benpobjie and

        On what do you base that? One is in absolutely no way, shape or form dependant on the other.

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      8. Ben Pobjie‏Verified account @benpobjie 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @JenniWanKenobi @danthegreater and

        Counterpoint: we need to kill each other even more, to provide a more powerful incentive to escape.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      9. Jenni Appleseed‏ @JenniWanKenobi 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @benpobjie @danthegreater and

        Lol, I'm busy, but good luck with that.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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