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mia

(8,363 posts) Fri Apr 21, 2017, 09:41 PM Apr 2017

Dear Facebook Universe

I offer this four-minute video on "Science in America" containing what may be the most important words I have ever spoken.

As always, but especially these days, keep looking up.

—Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Dear Facebook Universe (Original Post) mia Apr 2017 OP

Science in the US is being treated like the metric system. If you are applegrove Apr 2017 #1

Mamma Mia! Dammit Jim Apr 2017 #2

I follow him on twitter duncang Apr 2017 #3

applegrove

(118,845 posts)

1. Science in the US is being treated like the metric system. If you are

Reply to mia (Original post)

Fri Apr 21, 2017, 09:49 PM

Apr 2017

studying or researching it, you are supposed to know it. Otherwise you are not supposed to know anything about it. Conservatives tried that in canada too. They got kicked to the curb.

Dammit Jim

(70 posts)

2. Mamma Mia!

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 04:29 AM

Apr 2017

Rec

duncang

(1,907 posts)

3. I follow him on twitter

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 05:56 AM

Apr 2017

And a few other science nerds.

Earlier today he posted this

"You can say Earth is flat because we have free speech, but our Constitution doesn't grant that anything you say is correct." with a picture of the earth from the space station.

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