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    1. Sebastian Haze‏ @SebastianHaze 9 Aug 2017

      @neiltyson is there a way we could repel missiles with magnets?

      21 replies 10 retweets 150 likes
      Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 10 Aug 2017
      Replying to @SebastianHaze

      Magnets *attract* all magnetic materials. A magnet will only repel another magnet, and only when like-poles are aligned.

      2:47 AM - 10 Aug 2017
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      134 replies 112 retweets 1,946 likes
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        2. Sebastian Haze‏ @SebastianHaze 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson

          What about this?pic.twitter.com/M0d8cPGGDz

          3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Sam‏ @SamLades 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @SebastianHaze @neiltyson

          how about REPELLING MISSILES with reason, diplomacy and the WILL FOR PEACE !!! #Trump #KimJongUn #NorthKorea #MissileThreat #Nukes #Guam

          2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
        4. D-4 a9913j4M35‏ @j4m3549913 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @SamLades @SebastianHaze @neiltyson

          How about we blow up the missiles before they launch

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. TexanVet‏ @_Nematoad_ 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @j4m3549913 @SamLades and

          How about we blow up Kim Jong Un Il Sung, or whatever his name is, and free the peeps only NoKo before they have a chance to do anything?

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        6. D-4 a9913j4M35‏ @j4m3549913 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @_Nematoad_ @SamLades and

          What are you gonna do with a bunch of brain washed citizens that hate all western culture?

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        7. Sam‏ @SamLades 11 Aug 2017
          Replying to @j4m3549913 @_Nematoad_ and

          what to do with a bunch of arrogant ignorant brain-dead white racists who feel supreme to all other cultures !??!

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. D-4 a9913j4M35‏ @j4m3549913 11 Aug 2017
          Replying to @SamLades @_Nematoad_ and

          Who said I was White?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        9. D-4 a9913j4M35‏ @j4m3549913 11 Aug 2017
          Replying to @j4m3549913 @SamLades and

          Also, this is North Korea were talking about, they have prejudice towards all western culture. Of anything they're arrogant and ignorant.

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. spike lynn‏ @spikelynn 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @SebastianHaze

          It amazes me how some people don't get the simplest concepts

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Sebastian Haze‏ @SebastianHaze 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @spikelynn @neiltyson

          It amazes me that people are so rude, maybe there is some part of magnet technology that could work? What about EMP? Are you a scientist?

          3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        4. spike lynn‏ @spikelynn 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @SebastianHaze @neiltyson

          Are you?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Sebastian Haze‏ @SebastianHaze 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @spikelynn @neiltyson

          No I am not that's why I asked the question. But you are a psychic so maybe you should have known that.

          2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        6. End of conversation
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        2. Michael Rainey‏ @keith_analog 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @SebastianHaze

          Bettering defense: fix the political polarization and vote out that repellent orange guy.

          4 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
        3. TexanVet‏ @_Nematoad_ 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @keith_analog @neiltyson @SebastianHaze

          pic.twitter.com/3WUup21ZYy

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Michael Rainey‏ @keith_analog 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @_Nematoad_ @neiltyson @SebastianHaze

          ?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Stoney Jones!‏ @St1yJ1s 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @keith_analog @_Nematoad_ and

          pic.twitter.com/gzkL1hjvOf

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. Michael Rainey‏ @keith_analog 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @St1yJ1s @_Nematoad_ and

          The moral equivalent of an adult writing their public correspondence in crayon ^

          3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. Sebastian Haze‏ @SebastianHaze 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @keith_analog @St1yJ1s and

          Sorry apparently I am not a magnet expert like everyone else on twitter, just throwing out ideas.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        8. Michael Rainey‏ @keith_analog 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @SebastianHaze @St1yJ1s and

          Apologies: I didn't mean to poke fun at your tweet. It was a fine question.

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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