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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    1. Alec All The Time‏ @Alec_Ksiazek 12 Oct 2017

      This is what i'm learning in my college anthropology class! Everything is a social construct! Up is down! Black is white! Conspiracy!pic.twitter.com/nmHZLAUeEA

      525 replies 2,027 retweets 5,100 likes
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      Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 18 Oct 2017
      Replying to @Alec_Ksiazek

      The professor's Smart Phone is based on a thousand facts of science. The only social construct is the social media enabled by it.

      9:14 AM - 18 Oct 2017
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        2. Jazerus‏ @Jazerus_ 18 Oct 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          Neil - per Kuhn, scientific facts are social constructs within a paradigm. Paradigm shift = new understanding

          6 replies 1 retweet 35 likes
        3. Jazerus‏ @Jazerus_ 18 Oct 2017
          Replying to @Jazerus_ @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          To pick a relevant example, Pluto was factually a planet, and then it factually wasn't.

          8 replies 4 retweets 40 likes
        4. Robert Robinson‏ @trebornos 18 Oct 2017
          Replying to @Jazerus_ @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          It was reclassified is all. It's still there! Fact!

          2 replies 0 retweets 29 likes
        5. Jazerus‏ @Jazerus_ 18 Oct 2017
          Replying to @trebornos @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          Yes. That was just an example off the top of my head. Many others have happened, such as the shift from Newtonian physics to modern physics.

          11 replies 2 retweets 12 likes
        6. Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 19 Oct 2017
          Replying to @Jazerus_ @trebornos @Alec_Ksiazek

          Kuhn deeply misunderstood how most discoveries occur in science. For some insights, have a look here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/neil-degrasse-tyson/what-science-is-and-how-and-why-it-works/10153892230401613/ …

          8 replies 6 retweets 59 likes
        7. Tind Shepper Ryen‏ @tsryen 20 Oct 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Jazerus_ and

          And you have deeply misunderstood Kuhn. Verifiable facts can safely coexist with social constructions. Pluto still in orbit; not a planet.

          0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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        2. Parker Czipar‏ @czipar_ 18 Oct 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          ALEC GOT NEIL TO RESPOND. TODAY IS A GOOD DAY

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Alec All The Time‏ @Alec_Ksiazek 18 Oct 2017
          Replying to @czipar_ @neiltyson

          response from neil = good day response from neil + parker = GREAT day #eternallyblessed

          3 replies 0 retweets 17 likes
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        2. alex smith‏ @mineifiwildout 18 Oct 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          go the fuck off neil

          2 replies 13 retweets 226 likes
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        1. Brittney Buelow‏ @BritBue 18 Oct 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          Get itpic.twitter.com/qN1falNBwd

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        2. SamDakota‏ @EastDakeezy 18 Oct 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          You should add some Bruno Latour to your fact reading, Dr. Tyson.

          2 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
        3. [[[King Crocoduck]]]‏ @KingCrocoduck 20 Oct 2017
          Replying to @EastDakeezy @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          You should read someone who understood relativity BEFORE attempting to write about it. Latour = joke

          0 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
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        2. Laureano Klüver‏ @locokiu 18 Oct 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          If every science book and fact is destroyed, in a thousand years they’d all be back, because all the same tests would be the same result

          1 reply 1 retweet 34 likes
        3. Ben Ford‏ @binford2k 18 Oct 2017
          Replying to @locokiu @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          You’re naive if you think that.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Laureano Klüver‏ @locokiu 18 Oct 2017
          Replying to @binford2k @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          Have you ever heard of the concept of multiple discovery? Look it up

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Ben Ford‏ @binford2k 19 Oct 2017
          Replying to @locokiu @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          Of course. Every schoolchild has; you're naive if you don't believe that it's intrinsically linked to history, which is non-deterministic.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        6. Ben Ford‏ @binford2k 19 Oct 2017
          Replying to @binford2k @locokiu and

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery#Mechanism …

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        7. Laureano Klüver‏ @locokiu 19 Oct 2017
          Replying to @binford2k @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          It’s not about history or destiny. It’s about time and grey matter.

          2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        8. Laureano Klüver‏ @locokiu 19 Oct 2017
          Replying to @locokiu @binford2k and

          Dont you believe that if Newton hadnt existed, someone sooner or later would have found a way to explain gravity?

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        9. Ben Ford‏ @binford2k 19 Oct 2017
          Replying to @locokiu @neiltyson @Alec_Ksiazek

          Certainly. I'm not disputing that *many* of the same discoveries would have been made. Just disputing that the results would be identical.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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