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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    1. David‏ @photodave2014 9 Aug 2017

      @neiltyson like my new shirt?pic.twitter.com/NaTLNC8Pdq

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      Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 9 Aug 2017
      Replying to @photodave2014

      Nice. With the added benefit of being true.

      3:20 AM - 9 Aug 2017
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        1. David‏ @photodave2014 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson

          funny i'm 56 taking my first physics class on the 21st and there's a solar eclipse my first day lmao

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        1. indiecindy17‏ @indiecindy171 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          Science trumps all

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        2. Mindfully Naomi‏ @naomihart 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          Though it's only half true. As I tell my scientist husband -- his laboratory is only as good as the civilization that supports it.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        3.  🐱 🐧Clarisse-chan 🐧 🐱‏ @OkamiLeek006 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @naomihart @neiltyson @photodave2014

          not the point though

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        4. Mindfully Naomi‏ @naomihart 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @OkamiLeek006 @neiltyson @photodave2014

          It's important to remember &often forgotten when scientists decry the usefulness of Humanities. W/o a social reason 4 sci support, it ends.

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        5. Mindfully Naomi‏ @naomihart 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @naomihart @neiltyson @photodave2014

          Belief shapes choices, so it would do us all good to consider the beliefs of those arounds us who are right now tearing down the world.

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Hayden Gulek‏ @HaydenGulek 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          Nature doesn't care what science believes.

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        2.  😸RogueCat 😸‏ @_RogueCat_ 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          Neil... I liked you up until 'cows invented as biological factories by man'. What the hell? Please explain. Genuinely want to understand.

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        3. Dakota McMillan  🐢‏ @dakotaqmcmillan 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @_RogueCat_ @CatherineConnor and

          How can one thing make you not like him?

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        1. J Dancer‏ @J_Dancer186 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          I wonder what science says about the number of genders?

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        1. Lavry‏ @lavry84 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          that's what you want to think...pic.twitter.com/vwNQXPESFb

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        1. Luis‏ @LuisKitchens 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          That's the thing about the truth doesn't matter how you interpret the world around you it is what it is

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        1. Phil Conen‏ @PhilConen 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          Arguing against proven science is like banging your head against a wall to cure a headache. Pointless or worse

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        1. Dave Moe‏ @davidlmoe 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          Thank you for adding your thoughts. Your intellect is a nice counter balance to the daily dose of..hmm. I must stop now or become vile.

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        2. Scott S Gordon‏ @ScottSGordon 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          Actually the tables will be turned - A TOE will force physicists to believe in something that can never be found, The GOD Entity!pic.twitter.com/36aLdMJedQ

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        1. Jake‏ @Jake59727896 13 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          How do you show the world tht ur the truth

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        1. Dack Cheterson‏ @dackcheterson 12 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          And single color to keep costs down...well done sir

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        1. Robert Dylan‏ @RobertDylan68 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @photodave2014

          insofar as it may simply be a 2d surface, like your credit card hologram :)

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