Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Cutting the NEA & NEH to save money on a $3-trillion budget is like thinking 1/4-mile is far relative to the width of the USA — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Not that anybody asked, but the combined Federal budgets for the NEA & NEH equals what Americans spend annually on lip balm. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@patrickuzor FYI: I made no mention of Government in that Tweet. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

If interested, I co-wrote Monday’s (20 March 2017) @NYTimes Crossword. Cosmically themed. Have at it. https://t.co/mR70524CW7 — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@jeffleroydavis Yuuup. It’s new. Called the “Brain App”. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

David Rockefeller’s (1915-2017) $900M in lifetime philanthropy is equivalent to donating $24,000 for every day of his life. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@Grimeandreason No. People who think differently in the sciences, and are correct, become famous in their own lifetimes. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@leehadassin If you measure rise & set from a consistent spot, like the Sun’s center (which nobody does), then your extra “lux" goes away. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Happy March equinox, when day almost equals night. Atmospheric refraction hastens sunrise & delays sunset, adding to daylight — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@gonshorowski Hmm. What’s your best example of my “Liberalism”? — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@kingRTx76 My comments were primarily directed at the need for more business-people and scientists in Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Chuck Berry (1926-2017) left Earth long ago: His music, part of Voyager’s Golden Records, sent to the depths of space in 1977 — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

We all want to Make America Great Again. But that won't happen until we first Make America Smart Again. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

The very best way to support and feed your delusions: Surround yourself with people whose world views match yours exactly. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

We can all imagine a land that provides no support for Art. But is that a place you’d want to Live? To Visit? To Play? — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

The fastest way to melt glaciers & flood the World's coastal cities: Ignore scientists and do nothing to stem the rise of CO2 — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

The fastest way to thwart Earth's life-support systems for us all: Turn EPA into EDA — the Environmental Destruction Agency. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

The fastest way to Make America Stupid: Cut funds to programs that support education. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

The fastest way to Make America Sick Again: Cut funding to the National Institutes of Health — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

The fastest way to Make a America Weak Again: Cut science funds to our agencies that support it. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@mattlarimer @BestEarthPix That’s just Earth’s rotation, revealed in stars revolving around the spot on the sky above the Earth’s South Pole — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

JUST POSTED: @StarTalkRadio Extended Classic: “The Future of Humanity" with @ElonMusk. On @iTunes & https://t.co/4zGxls97xS — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

3.14159265358979323846264338327950—you need thirty-three digits of pi before a zero shows up. @JohnAllenPaulos, why so many? — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Pi as 3.14 can get you far, but it’s missing all the rest of the decimals that make it not only irrational but transcendental — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

3.14 Happy Pi-day to Gregorian calendar users who reckon dates with month followed by day separated by period, omitting year — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

JUST POSTED @StarTalkRadio “Let’s Make America Smart Again" with @FareedZakaria. On @iTunesPodcasts & https://t.co/YDDZf98n2b — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Actually, as Math-folk know, there are three kinds of people in the world: those who know how to count and those who don't. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

There are two kinds of people in the world -- those who divide everyone into two kinds of people and those who don't. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

And as all chemists know, if you're not part of the solution then you're part of the precipitate. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Geologists are important for our understanding of rocks on Earth and on other planets. So never take them for granite. — PolitiTweet.org