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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 20
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    Poll: Would you go visit the moon if it were affordable (say = 3 of your regular vacations) and as safe as flying in an airliner on earth?

    7:34 PM - 20 Jan 2020
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    • Pirates sleep soundly Dan Ashton Invariant Perspective 魔法BOZO族GOBLIN ☆ ODDS Shulgin's Daemon Marsh Venkatesh Rao Kevin Saucy
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      2. Kevin‏ @KevinBuist Jan 21
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        Maybe you should divide this into two polls, one for men and one for women. That way you'd get a comparable ratio even if more men reply.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 21
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        A single poll does the trick. The arithmetic isn’t hard 🙂 https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1219853180118286336?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1219853180118286336 …

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        273 of 473 (62.5%) of female respondents want to go to the moon 1913 of 2296 (83%) of male respondents want to go to the moon So about 32% more men wanna go, relatively https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1219463240628854784 …
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      1. Devendra Dhakad‏ @Devendra_Dhakad Jan 20
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        Not so much to see the moon itself as it’s just a rock. But to get a view of earth 🌍 from there, “pale blue dot”

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      2. 魔法BOZO族GOBLIN ☆ ODDS‏ @goblinodds Jan 20
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        show results: sausage fest 😂

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      3. the phantom lord from back when metallica was Good‏ @realjdburnett Jan 21
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        so it's a twitter poll

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      2. Wes‏ @weskerfoot Jan 20
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        where is the option for people who believe the moon is a government conspiracy?

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      2. Rishi‏ @wayfarerish Jan 20
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        curious how many people who said "yes" have been to Antarctica; many say but most don't do it -- my guess is something similar would happen here

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      3. Emma‏ @tribbies1 Jan 21
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        Would love to go to Antarctica, but it's very difficult, expensive, and time consuming to visit as a civilian. If visiting antarctica was as easy as vacationing in any other place, I'd absolutely go for it

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      2. Navin Kabra‏ @ngkabra Jan 20
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        How are there people voting NO on this?

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