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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 9 May 2017

    Sometimes I wonder whether we are not smart enough to realize how simple our Brains actually are.

    5:30 PM - 9 May 2017
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      2. [cackles] Twiter.com Page‏ @ErrorAustralis 10 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Have you ever taken off a t-shirt too fast and fallen over

        2 replies 90 retweets 394 likes
      3. Captain Morgan‏ @NOTABOTTLEOFRUM 10 May 2017
        Replying to @ErrorAustralis @neiltyson

        How does it feel to be both a Twitter Moment and also a national hero

        0 replies 3 retweets 27 likes
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      2. Brad Voytek‏Verified account @bradleyvoytek 9 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

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        8 replies 225 retweets 999 likes
      3. Helena‏ @Helena_LB 10 May 2017
        Replying to @bradleyvoytek @neiltyson

        Well played. A+ response.

        0 replies 0 retweets 41 likes
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      2. jf‏Verified account @BronzeHammer 9 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        shut the fuck up you stupid nerd. god damn

        17 replies 20 retweets 235 likes
      3. SagaX24‏ @sgx24 10 May 2017
        Replying to @BronzeHammer @neiltyson

        Amazing how some people have such "awesome" lives they decide to spend their time following people they dislike to tell'em to shut up.

        1 reply 0 retweets 32 likes
      4. jf‏Verified account @BronzeHammer 10 May 2017
        Replying to @sgx24 @neiltyson

        actually i can tell people i don't follow to shut up. to wit: shut up you dingdong

        2 replies 0 retweets 31 likes
      5. SagaX24‏ @sgx24 10 May 2017
        Replying to @BronzeHammer @neiltyson

        Wao, your life must be sooo important with sooo many important things to do to waste it like that, kid. Grow up.

        3 replies 0 retweets 17 likes
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      7. SagaX24‏ @sgx24 10 May 2017
        Replying to @hurtdeer @BronzeHammer @neiltyson

        Thanks 4 the advice: I'll shut up since I have more important things to do than WASTE my time w spoiled angry kids. Enjoy your sorry lives.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      9. jf‏Verified account @BronzeHammer 10 May 2017
        Replying to @hurtdeer @sgx24 @neiltyson

        ok, only like four or five more insanely weak insults and then i have to go to work

        3 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
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      2. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 9 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Simple? The Brain simple? You are kidding right?? Current scientific models of a typical brain show around 225,000,000,000,000,000

        3 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
      3. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 9 May 2017
        Replying to @jamenta @neiltyson

        include 1 trillion glial cells. The brain is nonlinear, non-digital, doesn't have a clock like normal computers - operates using massive

        1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
      4. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 9 May 2017
        Replying to @jamenta @neiltyson

        parallel processing - far greater than any computer we can currently now build on earth, and produces a phenomena called "consciousness"

        1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
      5. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 9 May 2017
        Replying to @jamenta @neiltyson

        that given our profound advances in science in the last 200 years, and profound computing powers - a phenomena that nobody, but nobody

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      6. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 9 May 2017
        Replying to @jamenta @neiltyson

        complicated physical object known to man at this time.

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      7. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 9 May 2017
        Replying to @jamenta @neiltyson

        Strike "perhaps" ... the brain IS the most complicated physical object known to man at this time.

        3 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      8. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 9 May 2017
        Replying to @jamenta @neiltyson

        "The living cell is a chemical industry in miniature, where thousands of reactions occur within a microscopic space." ~Campbell #B #p92

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
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