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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

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    2. 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.

      101 replies 998 retweets 7,574 likes
    3. 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
    4. 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
    5. 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
    6. 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
      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/ …

      8:42 AM - 19 Oct 2017
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        1. 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.

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        1. Ken‏ @KennyDDTScholar 1 Nov 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Jazerus_ and

          This doesn’t refute Kuhn, and it overstates the effectiveness of institutionalized science’s self-regulatory effectiveness.

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        1. Amber Elkins‏ @AmberElkins411 19 Oct 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Jazerus_ and

          The article doesn't have enough depth to counter @Jazerus_ point of Kuhn & Pluto. Instead, it more argues we would never reclassify Pluto.

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        1. Bigger Than Reagan, Stranger Than Rod‏ @GeorgeHemingto1 5 Nov 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Jazerus_ and

          Do you know what a Quine-Duhem is?

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        1. QuantumQuench‏ @Quantum_Quench 20 Oct 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Jazerus_ and

          Thank Trump & company for completely messing up the public's understanding of what 'facts' are & how science works! Trump needs neither!

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        2. QuantumQuench‏ @Quantum_Quench 20 Oct 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Jazerus_ and

          This misunderstanding by people of what 'facts' are, what science is (and isn't) & how science works (or is supposed to) is getting scary!🎃😨

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        2. Michael Toomey‏ @michaelfjtoomey 20 Oct 2017
          Replying to @ZulliGiovanni @neiltyson and

          u confl8 material fact w/ social fact. E.g. material fact= church is a building. Social fact= church is a building w/ religious significance

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Michael Toomey‏ @michaelfjtoomey 20 Oct 2017
          Replying to @michaelfjtoomey @ZulliGiovanni and

          So the prof's phone is based on 1000 material facts, the status symbol of an iphone (if an iphone is still a status symbol) is a social fact

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        4. QuantumQuench‏ @Quantum_Quench 20 Oct 2017
          Replying to @michaelfjtoomey @ZulliGiovanni and

          Those are all just 'facts'- i.e. 'A statement that is true & verifiable'. In other words facts & science are identical for Humans & Aliens!

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        5. Michael Toomey‏ @michaelfjtoomey 21 Oct 2017
          Replying to @Quantum_Quench @ZulliGiovanni and

          I agree. Just because a fact maybe the result of a social construct doesn’t make it any less factual

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        1. John Malik‏ @kilamie 21 Oct 2017
          Replying to @neiltyson @Jazerus_ and

          Kuhn is sharing insights on how reality works, not how science works. Science is a subset in reality. Wikipedia:pic.twitter.com/apl6nrgHZK

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