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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 16 Dec 2017

    If rhymes were accurate: “Roses are red, violets are…violet.”

    7:24 PM - 16 Dec 2017
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      2. Jed Oliver‏ @Jed_Oliver 16 Dec 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Roses are red Violets are violet Neil deGrasse Tyson Should sometimes stay quiet

        39 replies 208 retweets 1,379 likes
      3. Alec McGrath‏ @alec_of_canada 16 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Jed_Oliver @neiltyson

        Don't like Neil?

        7 replies 0 retweets 17 likes
      4. nicky lipples but excited for halloween  🎃‏ @Nicky7282 16 Dec 2017
        Replying to @alec_of_canada @Jed_Oliver @neiltyson

        issa poem

        1 reply 1 retweet 123 likes
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      2. Obsolete Genius‏ @obsoletegenius 16 Dec 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Roses are red, Violets are blue, Lines one and three don’t rhyme, But lines two and four do, #poetry

        8 replies 12 retweets 356 likes
      3. Aramintasing‏ @JenellJackson 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @obsoletegenius @neiltyson

        I thought the question was about accuracy regarding the color?

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Obsolete Genius‏ @obsoletegenius 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @JenellJackson @neiltyson

        Roses are red, Violets are violet, When they remodel my kitchen, It had better be skylit,

        0 replies 1 retweet 44 likes
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      2. Tzvi‏ @kilovh 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        ACTUALLY it is not the flowers that have color but the light that the flowers reflect come on neil

        1 reply 0 retweets 29 likes
      3. Tzvi‏ @kilovh 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @kilovh @neiltyson

        ACTUALLY it's not the light that has color but rather our perception of the light in our brain that has color

        1 reply 1 retweet 19 likes
      4. Tzvi‏ @kilovh 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @kilovh @neiltyson

        (ACTUALLY the subjective experience of color cannot arise from the chemistry of the material brain)

        1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes
      5. Tzvi‏ @kilovh 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @kilovh @neiltyson

        So ACTUALLY the mind is immaterial and only thereby perceives the colors of the flower...

        1 reply 0 retweets 14 likes
      6. Tzvi‏ @kilovh 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @kilovh @neiltyson

        (so the naming is subjective? ACTUALLY it seems very unlikely our minds do not seize upon the same reality thereby allowing us to give our separate private perceptions of certain hues shared names with reasonable confidence)

        1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
      7. Tzvi‏ @kilovh 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @kilovh @neiltyson

        (But ultimately, the mind of the artist seeks not merely to name but convey deeper reality, and the word "violet" may not be suitable to the ends the poet sees in his rhyme. ACTUALLY.)

        1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
      8. Tzvi‏ @kilovh 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @kilovh @neiltyson

        So, actually, the realest thing is a mind's purpose in digging at the deepest subterranean meanings hiding beneath the merely sensuous surface reality. Keep it real, Neil.

        3 replies 0 retweets 25 likes
      9. elizabethshakespeare‏ @granmalips 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @kilovh @neiltyson

        Keep it philosophical Tzvi.

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      10. End of conversation
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      2. fractal‏ @fractal74 16 Dec 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Roses are red, violets are purple. Unfortunately, nothing rhymes with purple.

        19 replies 0 retweets 39 likes
      3. Ståle‏ @stale 16 Dec 2017
        Replying to @fractal74 @neiltyson

        Nurple

        2 replies 0 retweets 54 likes
      4. fractal‏ @fractal74 16 Dec 2017
        Replying to @stale @neiltyson

        Is there any other nurple than purple?

        3 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      5. Rob‏ @Tintinsquiff 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @fractal74 @stale @neiltyson

        Turtle

        2 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
      6. Steve Scotten  🏃🏼‍♂️ 🦖  ⚙️  🏴‏ @smscotten 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Tintinsquiff @fractal74 and

        Roses are red Violets are purple Sugar is sweet So is maple syurple

        1 reply 3 retweets 52 likes
      7. Craigola‏ @mubran 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @smscotten @Tintinsquiff and

        Roger Miller?

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
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      9. Steve Scotten  🏃🏼‍♂️ 🦖  ⚙️  🏴‏ @smscotten 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @zackhemond @mubran and

        I heard that when I was so young I couldn't have told you that. But yes!

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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