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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 5 Aug 2017

    Neil deGrasse Tyson Retweeted Eyad Alshubber

    That's why we invented methods & tools of science: To remove dependence on the brain’s sensory system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4QcyW-qTUg …https://twitter.com/Eshubber/status/893757435814453248 …

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    Eyad Alshubber @Eshubber
    Replying to @mqasem
    @neiltyson help. Optical il... brain failure. My brain can't figure it out. This face keeps looking at me 🤒
    4:35 AM - 5 Aug 2017
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    113 replies 946 retweets 4,577 likes
      1. New conversation
      2. pourmecoffee‏Verified account @pourmecoffee 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Workshop your eclipse tweets this weekend.

        2 replies 6 retweets 42 likes
      3. Bored  🎩‏ @Daboredgamer 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @pourmecoffee @neiltyson

        Well this just went to a dark place.

        0 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      4. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. OldTurk 🗽AZ CA GA NE: voting is NOW!‏ @_oldturk 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        That's just silly. How many scientific instruments are implanted in your brain? Science quantifies sensory inputs, but we still use senses

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      3. Matilda's Lab‏ @MatildasLab 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @_oldturk @neiltyson

        What he means is that instruments can take signals outside of what our senses can detect and convert them into something that they can.

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
      4. OldTurk 🗽AZ CA GA NE: voting is NOW!‏ @_oldturk 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @MatildasLab @neiltyson

        And then our brains can misinterpret these signals in new and exciting ways ;P we use metaphors & expectations When these break down, :)

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Anonymoose‏ @MikeVonCanada 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @_oldturk @MatildasLab @neiltyson

        So.. you have no idea what science is or how it works...

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
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      7. OldTurk 🗽AZ CA GA NE: voting is NOW!‏ @_oldturk 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @DistressedMess @MatildasLab @neiltyson

        exactly. Every baby is a scientist. And when they drop their food on the floor over…

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. OldTurk 🗽AZ CA GA NE: voting is NOW!‏ @_oldturk 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @_oldturk @DistressedMess and

        … and over, they're just repeating the experiment (not trying to get on UR nerves)

        7 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. SkyNerd‏ @xskyratx 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @_oldturk @DistressedMess and

        Getting on your nerves is just a pleasant side-effect for them

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      10. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Cristan‏ @_cristan__ 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        When did this tools invented?

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. BIG TOE // TAMBOURINE TORNADO‏ @hotdogfever69 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @_cristan__ @neiltyson

        The brain? Invented a long time ago bud.

        6 replies 1 retweet 15 likes
      4. Sirrele‏ @sirrele_ 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @hotdogfever69 @neiltyson

        Speechless 😶

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. End of conversation
      1. Sebastien Fey  ⭐️‏ @falmatrix2r 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        My brain sensors are perfectly fi..OMG A T-REX LOOKING AT ME

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      2. Joshua Michalski‏ @JoshMichalski 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        #FlatEarth

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Anonymoose‏ @MikeVonCanada 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @JoshMichalski @neiltyson

        Why? No seriously why?

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Joshua Michalski‏ @JoshMichalski 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @MikeVonCanada @neiltyson

        I was trolling. 😉I think most internet Flat earthers are just trolling.

        2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      5. Anonymoose‏ @MikeVonCanada 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @JoshMichalski @neiltyson

        Then this tweet wins

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Osiris Jeph‏ @OsirisJeph619 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Can I send you a political song? @neiltyson

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. BIG TOE // TAMBOURINE TORNADO‏ @hotdogfever69 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @OsirisJeph619 @neiltyson

        Is it folk punk or reggae

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. kas michelle‏ @kasmichelle1 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @hotdogfever69 @OsirisJeph619 @neiltyson

        Neither it's him singing a mixture in nursery rhyme form

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Osiris Jeph‏ @OsirisJeph619 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @kasmichelle1 @hotdogfever69 @neiltyson

        No it's mariachi. Jk it's a spoken political message but genre would be rap I guess if you have to marginalize it

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. kas michelle‏ @kasmichelle1 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @OsirisJeph619 @hotdogfever69 @neiltyson

        I was teasing you sorry,rap we all know..not sure everyone likes. I'm cool with some of it though 👍🙏🏼😇🤗🌈✝️☮️

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Osiris Jeph‏ @OsirisJeph619 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @kasmichelle1 @hotdogfever69 @neiltyson

        Check out 'Medusa' by Osiris Jeph on SoundCloud or I can send link

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      8. kas michelle‏ @kasmichelle1 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @OsirisJeph619 @hotdogfever69 @neiltyson

        Send link cus I won't look up

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Osiris Jeph‏ @OsirisJeph619 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @kasmichelle1 @hotdogfever69 @neiltyson

        https://soundcloud.com/dr-greenlung/medusa …

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