Neil deGrasse Tyson

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1	Mar 14, '18	His passing has left an intellectual vacuum in his wake. But it's not empty. Think of it as a kind of vacuum energy permeating the fabric of spacetime that defies measure. Stephen	9.0×	0	526k	193k	362
2	Feb 16, '18	Evidence collected over many years, obtained from many locations, indicates that the power of Prayer is insufficient to stop bullets from killing school children.	5.0×	0	290k	109k	111
3	Aug 4, '19	In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings. On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose… 500 to Medical errors 300 to the Flu 250 to Suicide 200 to Car	4.9×	0	231k	59k	3.5k
4	Apr 10, '19	SCIENTISTS: “We’ve produced the first-ever image of a supermassive Black Hole, 55-million light years away” RESPONSE: “Oooh!” SCIENTISTS: “We’ve concluded that humans are catastrop	4.6×	0	292k	89k	809
5	Sep 6, '17	In school, students cheat because the system values high grades more than students value learning.	4.4×	0	250k	97k	77
6	Dec 21, '22	While casting shade on @elonmusk for what he’s done, is doing, or will do, try to pause & remember that he made electric cars a normal thing in society and he commercialized sp	3.9×	30.8M	186k	15k	1.3k
7	Nov 5, '18	Look what happened the last time you didn’t vote.	3.7×	0	236k	71k	247
8	Oct 14, '17	Let’s Make America Smart Again.	3.6×	0	226k	71k	10
9	Dec 24, '22	In case you were wondering, for Santa, in a single 24-hr Earth-night, to deliver presents to all those who celebrate Christmas, he must visit 25,000 homes per second.	3.2×	25.4M	76k	5.4k	839
10	Oct 16, '18	Imagine how much more advanced society would be today if women, who comprise half the world’s brain power, were socially & intellectually enfranchised from the beginning of civ	3.1×	0	206k	54k	586
11	Jan 9, '20	You Matter. Unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light squared. Then you Energy.	3.1×	0	215k	49k	1.7k
12	Apr 29, '18	When did it become okay to be more offended by what someone with no power says than by what someone with power does?	3.1×	0	199k	57k	286
13	Aug 10, '17	Odd. No one is in denial of America’s Aug 21 total solar eclipse. Like Climate Change, methods & tools of science predict it.	3.1×	0	172k	69k	10
14	Jan 24, '17	I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.	3.1×	0	147k	82k	19
15	Sep 21, '18	Since the Universe has no center, you can’t be it.	3.0×	0	186k	56k	615
16	Mar 14, '19	3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055	3.0×	0	199k	45k	604
17	Dec 24, '17	Merry Christmas to the world’s 2.5 billion Christians. And to the remaining 5 billion people, including Muslims Atheists Hindus Buddhists Animists & Jews, Happy Monday.	2.9×	0	190k	48k	15
18	Apr 28, '25	Decisions, decisions. Which hat to wear today?	2.9×	22.5M	90k	2.7k	4.8k
19	May 20, '20	I dream of a world where truth shapes people's politics, rather politics shaping what people think is true.	2.8×	0	198k	41k	881
20	Jul 22, '18	Today, the greatest threat of extinction we face is not asteroids or climate change or disease or famine. It’s society’s refusal to heed the warnings of scientists.	2.7×	0	172k	51k	229
21	Apr 25, '20	You know it's true… Every disaster movie begins with a scientist being ignored.	2.6×	0	192k	35k	545
22	Mar 12, '18	In five-billion years, as the Sun begins to die, its outer layers of glowing plasma will expand stupendously, engulfing the orbits of Mercury, then Venus, as the charred ember that	2.4×	0	151k	41k	226
23	Jul 18, '18	Let’s Make America Smart Again.	2.4×	0	161k	39k	71
24	Jul 19, '17	The rise of flat-Earthers in society provides some of the best evidence for the failure of our educational system.	2.3×	0	130k	49k	7
25	May 2, '18	Science literacy empowers you to know when someone else is full of shit.	2.3×	0	143k	43k	234
26	May 27, '17	To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of shit.	2.2×	0	116k	53k	24
27	Nov 26, '18	Albert Einstein was a refugee to the USA.	2.2×	0	154k	31k	195
28	Aug 21, '17	The divided United States of America will unite today, sharing a cosmic event predicted by the methods and tools of science.	2.1×	0	137k	37k	1
29	Jan 20, '17	Let's Make America Smart Again.	2.1×	0	115k	48k	3
30	Nov 6, '22	If women ran the country, and they passed laws affecting men’s reproductive organs, I wonder what the men would do?	2.1×	0	145k	19k	718
31	Nov 26, '17	A Lunar Eclipse flat-Earther’s have never seen.	2.1×	0	129k	38k	65
32	Jun 1, '17	If I and my advisors had never learned what Science is or how & why it works, then I’d consider pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord too.	2.0×	0	115k	46k	5
33	Apr 22, '17	Show me a Nation with a science-hostile government, and I'll show you a society with failing health, wealth, & security.	2.0×	0	102k	50k	17
34	Oct 3, '20	Dear Science Deniers, (Anti-vaxers, anti-maskers, climate hoaxers, flat-Earthers, etc) You found one another & communicate via stupefyingly advanced technologies that pivot on	2.0×	0	142k	29k	786
35	Mar 14, '21	3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055	2.0×	0	145k	21k	791
36	Apr 11, '20	Let’s Make America Smart Again	1.9×	0	148k	22k	175
37	Jun 28, '20	Ever notice how enthusiastic your dog can be? In life expectancy, a single day for humans corresponds to a week for dogs. Maybe they know this. And maybe that's why they make every	1.9×	0	158k	18k	941
38	Jun 19, '17	There’s just no way around this one: YOU MATTER, unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light squared, then YOU ENERGY.	1.9×	0	109k	42k	22
39	Jan 30, '18	Not that anybody asked, but one-third (95 out of 289) of all American Nobel Prizes in the Sciences have been earned by Immigrants to the United States.	1.8×	0	110k	36k	10
40	Aug 14, '20	Since the Universe has no center, you can’t be it.	1.8×	0	125k	25k	735
41	May 4, '20	May the 4th be with you.	1.8×	0	139k	22k	155
42	Aug 20, '18	I’m okay with a US Space Force. But what we need most is a Truth Force — one that defends against all enemies of accurate information, both foreign & domestic.	1.8×	0	120k	26k	98
43	Jan 30, '17	Seems the World goes batshit crazy, every few decades. Just long enough to forget the last time the World went batshit crazy.	1.7×	0	97k	40k	7
44	Nov 7, '22	A Lunar Eclipse flat-Earther’s have never seen.	1.7×	0	149k	12k	998
45	Nov 12, '18	Born before Edwin Hubble discovered the expanding universe, he ultimately created an expanding universe of his own - one of scientifically literate superheroes such as Spider-Man ,	1.7×	0	124k	25k	188
46	Apr 22, '18	The perennial cry to “Save Earth" is odd. Planet Earth survives massive asteroid strikes -- it'll survive anything we throw at it. But Life on Earth will not.	1.6×	0	103k	30k	133
47	Apr 17, '17	Space Aliens may be surprised to learn that Humans have multiple languages & cultures and we kill one another because of it.	1.6×	0	82k	41k	15
48	Aug 23, '20	Ever look up at night and feel small? Don't. Instead feel large. Atoms in our bodies trace to the remnants of exploded stars. We are Stardust. We are alive in the universe. And the	1.6×	0	112k	23k	1.3k
49	Nov 30, '16	If I had any singing talent and if I knew how to write love songs and if I recorded them, then this would be my album cover.	1.6×	0	95k	30k	13
50	Mar 15, '21	Since the Universe has no center, you can’t be it.	1.5×	0	112k	20k	904
51	Jun 19, '18	In case you were wondering, one-third (95 out of 289) of all American Nobel Prizes in the Sciences have been earned by Immigrants to the United States.	1.5×	0	96k	29k	121
52	Jul 2, '18	Yup, the rumor is true. Flat Earthers have supporters all around the globe.	1.5×	0	111k	19k	74
53	May 12, '18	Just to be clear, if you carefully removed, and laid end-to-end, all the veins, arteries, and capillaries of your body, you will die.	1.5×	0	109k	20k	101
54	Oct 30, '17	If the world were really going to end, cosmically, I’d let y’all know, and with plenty of time to do nothing about it.	1.5×	0	100k	24k	6
55	Apr 11, '21	The good thing about Science is that it’s true, whether or not you believe in it.	1.4×	0	101k	17k	473
56	Sep 10, '17	Anyone who thinks scientists like agreeing with one another has never attended a scientific conference.	1.4×	0	99k	22k	6
57	Jul 11, '20	European Colonial History in six words: “Is that yours? It’s mine now.”	1.4×	0	95k	17k	699
58	Apr 3, '21	The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.	1.4×	0	100k	19k	609
59	Mar 5, '17	If one evening you feel sad enough to cry, look up. Your tears will not fall and the starry night may bring joy to your soul.	1.4×	0	80k	29k	95
60	Mar 6, '21	We’re just sayin’. To abolish mask -wearing laws in some States while the rest of the Nation keeps theirs is like designating a peeing section of the swimming pool.	1.4×	0	98k	20k	346
61	Sep 19, '20	Sometimes I wonder if people who aggressively seek political power are precisely those who should not be entrusted to wield it.	1.4×	0	104k	15k	367
62	Jan 26, '18	Don’t make me find you and mic-drop on your ass.	1.4×	0	91k	23k	15
63	Mar 31, '20	When Isaac Newton stayed at home to avoid the 1665 plague, he discovered the laws of gravity, optics, and he invented calculus. It’s rumored that there was a strict “No TV” rule in	1.4×	0	91k	21k	700
64	Aug 11, '20	If you're always successful at bullshitting others it's because you don’t hang around people who are smarter than you.	1.4×	0	102k	17k	733
65	Mar 22, '20	I’m just sayin’	1.3×	0	93k	20k	392
66	Dec 20, '19	You can kiss yourself in the mirror, but only on the lips.	1.3×	0	98k	15k	549
67	Nov 29, '18	Scientists & engineers launched “InSight” from Earth (a moving platform) across 300million miles to arrive where Mars (a moving target) will be seven months later, landing safe	1.3×	0	79k	25k	203
68	Apr 19, '20	If a predatory enemy to our species can’t unite everyone on Earth to fight it, I'm left wondering what hope remains for Civilization.	1.3×	0	89k	19k	349
69	Sep 11, '20	In five billion years, our Milky Way begins to collide with the Andromeda galaxy. But not to worry. The Sun burns Earth to a crisp long before then.	1.3×	0	97k	13k	363
70	Jan 12, '20	Imagine how much more advanced society would be today if women, who comprise half the world’s brain power, were socially & intellectually enfranchised from the beginning of civ	1.3×	0	94k	17k	402
71	Apr 3, '19	The Universe is blind to our sorrows and indifferent to our pains. Have a nice day!	1.3×	0	83k	21k	404
72	Jan 17, '18	Sometimes I wonder if people who aggressively seek political power are precisely those who should not be entrusted to wield it.	1.3×	0	85k	20k	10
73	Sep 30, '20	You can’t use reason to convince anyone out of an argument that they didn’t use reason to get into.	1.3×	0	87k	21k	855
74	Mar 19, '17	We all want to Make America Great Again. But that won't happen until we first Make America Smart Again.	1.3×	0	69k	28k	2
75	Dec 25, '19	Merry Christmas to all the Christians of the world. To everybody else, including the Muslims, Atheists, Hindus, Buddhists, Pagans, & Jews... ...Happy Wednesday.	1.2×	0	97k	11k	235
76	Jan 15, '18	"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” -Martin Luther King Jr. 1963	1.2×	0	72k	26k	23
77	Dec 6, '19	Dear @ElonMusk, When are you going to stop dallying with Mars Rockets & Hyperloops & Electric Trucks & Brain-Computer interfaces, and turn your ample resources to devel	1.2×	0	100k	8.5k	246
78	Oct 8, '17	FYI: A Cow can jump over the Moon if she aims where the Moon will be in three days, then leaps at about 25,000 miles per hour	1.2×	0	76k	20k	5
79	Jul 19, '19	When the Moon first formed, four billion years ago, it was 20x closer than it is today, 400x larger on the sky, and Tides were 8,000x higher.	1.1×	0	90k	12k	427
80	Mar 28, '19	The rise of flat-Earthers in the United States is evidence of two things: 1) the protection of speech, and 2) the failure of our educational system.	1.1×	0	81k	16k	141
81	Dec 25, '20	Santa doesn’t know Zoology: Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers. But all male Reindeer lose their antlers in the late fall, well-before Christmas. So Santa’s reindeer, whi	1.1×	0	75k	9.8k	699
82	Jan 28, '20	It’s well known: What flat-Earthers fear most is Sphere itself	1.1×	0	92k	11k	330
83	Sep 21, '17	Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that wanting to conserve the environment would be one of the things “Conservatives” do.	1.1×	0	74k	18k	4
84	Jan 22, '18	Getting into shape for Cosmos. By my measure, 6’2” and 260 lbs this morning. Leaving me to wonder what height & weight the White House physician would assign me.	1.1×	0	82k	12k	12
85	Feb 25, '20	I wonder what anti-vaxers would say to a Corona Virus vaccine.	1.1×	0	82k	13k	155
86	Feb 24, '18	A subject is scientifically controversial when actively debated by legions of scientists, not when actively debated by the public, the press, or by politicians.	1.1×	0	72k	19k	25
87	Oct 10, '18	Earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes — traditionally “Acts of God” on Insurance Forms. But as climate-change continues, and coastal flooding from hurricanes worsens, the Forms might no	1.1×	0	71k	19k	86
88	Feb 14, '20	Four mysteries of the Universe that continue to elude top researchers: 1) What is the origin of Life? 2) What is the nature of Dark Matter? 3) What preceded the Big Bang? 4) What d	1.1×	0	81k	12k	517
89	Apr 3, '18	It’s not magic. It’s science.	1.1×	0	75k	16k	37
90	May 4, '18	May the fourth be with you all.	1.1×	0	73k	17k	19
91	Jan 19, '21	Evidence you might be in a Cult: Your group has one leader - usually male. You revere this leader, and do what he tells you. Your group has the answers while nobody else does. And	1.0×	0	74k	13k	559
92	Sep 5, '20	If I were ever abducted by aliens, the first thing I’d ask is whether they came from a planet where fellow aliens also deny science.	1.0×	0	82k	9.8k	206
93	Mar 15, '20	3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055	1.0×	0	80k	9.9k	312
94	Mar 31, '20	We can put a man on the Moon, but we can't cure the coronavirus. No, wait. Sorry. Right now we actually can't put anybody on the Moon. And haven't been able to do so for 45 years.	1.0×	0	84k	7.8k	323
95	May 18, '20	I want to live in a world where a Chicken can cross the road without anybody questioning its motives.	1.0×	0	79k	11k	228
96	Jan 15, '18	You want to speak with a Spaniard, you learn Spanish. You want to frolic in France, you learn French. You want to commune with the cosmos, you learn Mathematics — the language of t	1.0×	0	72k	14k	19
97	Feb 1, '18	If I were Cuban, and if I smoked Cohiba Cigars, and if I knew how to write music, and if I composed pensive songs about life in the Caribbean, then this would be my Album Cover.	1.0×	0	79k	11k	13
98	Oct 24, '19	A Lunar Eclipse that Flat-Earthers have never seen.	1.0×	0	78k	11k	271
99	Nov 8, '20	And now, one last clue: KNOWLEDGE for $1,000 Answer: “He nurtured a Television safe-space for smart people” Question: “Who was Alex Trebek (1940-2020) ?” Farewell, patron saint of	1.0×	0	82k	8.9k	273
100	Jul 18, '19	If chefs ever prepared food on the Moon, their dishes would surely be interesting, but their restaurants would have no atmosphere.	1.0×	0	80k	8.7k	156

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