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<p>In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, beloved astrophysicist/TV host/planetarium director/viral god <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/celebrity/neil-degrasse-tyson-trump-twitter/" target="_blank">Neil deGrasse Tyson</a> tweeted one of his <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/neil-degrasse-tyson-sex-false/" target="_blank">trademark rhetorical observations</a> about life, science, and the universe. <a href="https://twitter.com/i/moments/862297299749359620" target="_blank">This time</a>, the topic was human intelligence (or lack thereof).</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sometimes I wonder whether we are not smart enough to realize how simple our Brains actually are.</p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href="https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/862102601579454464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Cheery. Meanwhile, a Twitter user named Mike thought of the perfect question to test <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/music/diss-track-bob-neil-degrasse-tyson/" target="_blank">Dr. Tyson&#39;s willingness</a> to acknowledge his own brain&#39;s limitations.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Have you ever taken off a t-shirt too fast and fallen over</p>&mdash; Michael’s Twiter.com Page (@ErrorAustralis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ErrorAustralis/status/862274665674395648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>He should have known NdGT wasn&#39;t that easy to stump.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No. I have pretty good balance for my body size. But I have fallen over while attempting to quickly take off my pants.</p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href="https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/862284067370172418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The reaction from Twitter was basically a supernova.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/NBCbrIAkIG">pic.twitter.com/NBCbrIAkIG</a></p>&mdash; The Purity Of Evil (@ThePurityOfEvil) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThePurityOfEvil/status/862284952158707713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You guys astrophysicists are just like us <a href="https://t.co/AFaBEX0C8y">https://t.co/AFaBEX0C8y</a></p>&mdash; Jeremy B. White (@JeremyBWhite) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyBWhite/status/862284272354287616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Was this meant to be a sext?</p>&mdash; Gene, not Glen (@GeneAdrift) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeneAdrift/status/862284579230674945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>As it turns out, Tyson had fallen prey to the old &quot;thought it was a DM&quot; trap.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Didn’t intend to send that last tweet to all. Was responding to someone asking if I’d ever fallen trying to remove my T-shirt</p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href="https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/862287214314627072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Of course, it was too late.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Only 7 million of us saw it, worry not.</p>&mdash; TheProxyGuy™ ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈(Not For Sale) (@TheProxyGuy) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheProxyGuy/status/862287350143082501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="cy" dir="ltr">Neil &quot;digress&quot; Tyson!</p>&mdash; Timboat (@taekwontim) <a href="https://twitter.com/taekwontim/status/862288655565471745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">But you did and got caught with your tweets down. But we still love ya’. <a href="https://t.co/lMybC0UFCK">https://t.co/lMybC0UFCK</a></p>&mdash; Scott Knowles (@wsrphoto) <a href="https://twitter.com/wsrphoto/status/862291563761684480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nice save 👌🏻</p>&mdash; Dyro (@Dyro) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dyro/status/862288377709834240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/WCnHyrAZrT">pic.twitter.com/WCnHyrAZrT</a></p>&mdash; Ghostie (@Ghostie_yt_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ghostie_yt_/status/862288348731363331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Here&#39;s hoping Dr. Tyson never changes (his pants).</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Someone asked Neil deGrasse Tyson if he ever fell down and got a shockingly real response.

In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, beloved astrophysicist/TV host/planetarium director/viral god Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted one of his trademark rhetorical observations about life, science, and the universe. This time, the topic was human intelligence (or lack thereof).Sometimes I wonder whether we are not smart enough to realize how simple our Brains actually are.&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 10, 2017 Cheery. Meanwhile, a Twitter user named Mike thought of the perfect question to test Dr. Tyson&#39;s willingness to acknowledge his own brain&#39;s limitations.Have you ever taken off a t-shirt too fast and fallen over&mdash; Michael’s Twiter.com Page (@ErrorAustralis) May 10, 2017 He should have known NdGT wasn&#39;t that easy to stump.No. I have pretty good balance for my body size. But I have fallen over while attempting to quickly take off my pants.&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 10, 2017 The reaction from Twitter was basically a supernova. pic.twitter.com/NBCbrIAkIG&mdash; The Purity Of Evil (@ThePurityOfEvil) May 10, 2017 You guys astrophysicists are just like us https://t.co/AFaBEX0C8y&mdash; Jeremy B. White (@JeremyBWhite) May 10, 2017 Was this meant to be a sext?&mdash; Gene, not Glen (@GeneAdrift) May 10, 2017 As it turns out, Tyson had fallen prey to the old &quot;thought it was a DM&quot; trap.Didn’t intend to send that last tweet to all. Was responding to someone asking if I’d ever fallen trying to remove my T-shirt&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 10, 2017 Of course, it was too late.Only 7 million of us saw it, worry not.&mdash; TheProxyGuy™ ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈(Not For Sale) (@TheProxyGuy) May 10, 2017 Neil &quot;digress&quot; Tyson!&mdash; Timboat (@taekwontim) May 10, 2017 But you did and got caught with your tweets down. But we still love ya’. https://t.co/lMybC0UFCK&mdash; Scott Knowles (@wsrphoto) May 10, 2017 Nice save 👌🏻&mdash; Dyro (@Dyro) May 10, 2017  pic.twitter.com/WCnHyrAZrT&mdash; Ghostie (@Ghostie_yt_) May 10, 2017 Here&#39;s hoping Dr. Tyson never changes (his pants).

In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, beloved astrophysicist/TV host/planetarium director/viral god Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted one of his trademark rhetorical observations about life, science, and the universe. This time, the topic was...