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A HERETIC I AM

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2. Neil DeGrasse-Tyson had an interesting analogy....

Reply to PowerToThePeople (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 10:05 PM

Jul 2015

He was talking about how much money had to be on the ground before he would bend over and pick it up.

A penny? Nope

A Nickel? Probably not.

A Dime? Closer.

Fifteen cents? Borderline.

A Quarter? Yeah, Neil would bend over for a quarter. So he compared that to his annual salary.

Then he did the math and compared his result with the net worth of Bill Gates.

He figured there would have to be $47,000 on the ground before Bill would bend over and pick it up!

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The difference between myself and a billionaire. (50,000 years) [View all] PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 OP

Fascinating... 3catwoman3 Jul 2015 #1

Neil DeGrasse-Tyson had an interesting analogy.... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2015 #2

I always pick up a penny Skittles Jul 2015 #4

To the greatest page. Cleita Jul 2015 #3

Since you are pro-polygamy...what if the billionaire wants to marry seven women? U4ikLefty Jul 2015 #5

Happy trollday to you. PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #6

Troll marriage for all...hell, troll group-marriage for all!!1!1 U4ikLefty Jul 2015 #9

Troll B gone PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #10

Nice BS attempt, but FAIL!!! You posted about swingers U4ikLefty Jul 2015 #15

U fail PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #16

Quick...Where are the applications? LOL libdem4life Jul 2015 #7

I'm not sure if it's a great deal, on one hand I've got a billion dollars on the other hand U4ikLefty Jul 2015 #8

I did the math one day. krispos42 Jul 2015 #11

Just absurd. PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #12

Because we are ignorant in the ways of stopping it apparently. lonestarnot Jul 2015 #13

At least in the end...they can't take it with them! SoapBox Jul 2015 #14