Neil Tyson Making More Stuff Up

[HoughMade]

This thread isn't based on religion. It's based on Tyson attributing a quote to Pres. Bush that he never said, the closest thing he did say was much more eloquent, 2 years later than claimed and not for the purpose Tyson claimed. The fact the quote itself referenced religion doesn't make this thread verbotten.

And I'll defend Kirk on this......:gulp:.....pro bono ​(I think that's the term....first time I've used it).

 

[Roadie]

If this thread does get locked/trashed and/or Kirk does get banned for it, then INGO is a sad, sad little man.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I'm starting to think "IBTL" may be code for I'm reporting this post...sometimes.

 

[HoughMade]

I'm starting to think "IBTL" may be code for I'm reporting this post...sometimes.

*REPORTED*

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Besides this is INGO. We only talk about religious figures as Ron Paul, L. Neil Smith and L. Neil Tyson.

Anywho, Tyson is full of it. Just thought INGO should know.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

*REPORTED*

See....

Now that's code for grab-***.

 

[MisterChester]

I'm seeing Tyson at IU next month and really looking forward to it. Still waiting on him to lend his Imagination Ship to NASA though.

 

[Principal Skinr]

I don't see how this was about religion. It is about lying and politics...the politics of NDT promoting himself.

Thanks for posting it. I find the guy entertaining, but this really exposes him. Sad to see someone promoting himself at the expense of others. Like I said: Politics, not religion.

I don't think it will or should be locked.

 

[Dean C.]

Can I still watch Cosmos?!?!?!

 

[mbills2223]

I don't see how this was about religion. It is about lying and politics...the politics of NDT promoting himself.

Thanks for posting it. I find the guy entertaining, but this really exposes him. Sad to see someone promoting himself at the expense of others. Like I said: Politics, not religion.

I don't think it will or should be locked.

I think what's even more sad is that he doesn't need to be doing it. He's a very good scientist and has an incredible ability to actually interest people with it.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Can I still watch Cosmos?!?!?!​

Sure thing. I enjoyed it very much, excepting the political nonsense at the end.

 

[rw02kr43]

He's going to be at University of Indianapolis next month. My wife wants to go but it's sold out. I guess I'm dumb, I've never heard of him.

Jason

 

[88GT]

He's going to be at University of Indianapolis next month. My wife wants to go but it's sold out. I guess I'm dumb, I've never heard of him.

Jason

Neither have I.

But apparently we don't need to count that as a loss.

 

[HoughMade]

I like much of his stuff.....historical science outside of the observational and the political nonsense are weak points.

Further affiant sayeth naught.

 

[JettaKnight]

FYI, He'll be coming to IPFW soon for a lecture.

 

[rhino]

Tyson needs to stick to Astrophysics.

And he wants to distinguish we from they.

". . . us from them," Neil, "us from them."

He also like to pontificate on the absolute certainty that global warming is manmade.

He's a either a giant doofus or a liar or both.

 

[steveh_131]

I find the mindless worship of this guy fairly annoying. He's an astrophysicist, yet speaks as an authority on every subject that he considers to be 'science'.

He may be the hero of the pseudo-skeptics, but most of what I hear out of his mouth is propaganda.

 

[HoughMade]

This thread prompted me to have a little fun with the Tyson worshipers over at Mental Floss in the comments on a article about "11 B@d@ss Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes".

 

[pudly]

Just took a quick look at that article. Not only is #9 the subject of this thread, that last claim is false:

Practical advice in the event of alien contact: "f an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss it an eightball. If the appendage explodes, then the alien was probably made of antimatter. If not, then you can proceed to take it to your leader." From Death by Black Hole, p. 107.

Practical? Aside from the improbability of the scenario, if the alien is made of antimatter, the ship, equipment, and alien's body would have problems with our planet long before you tossed the eight ball. Not impressed.

 

[mbills2223]

Tyson needs to stick to Astrophysics.




". . . us from them," Neil, "us from them."

He also like to pontificate on the absolute certainty that global warming is manmade.

He's a either a giant doofus or a liar or both.

I agree...He just needs to stick to his scope of practice. An astrophysicist is not a climatologist is not a barista.

I find the mindless worship of this guy fairly annoying. He's an astrophysicist, yet speaks as an authority on every subject that he considers to be 'science'.

He may be the hero of the pseudo-skeptics, but most of what I hear out of his mouth is propaganda.

THIS!!!! He's a really great astrophysicist, and he needs to stick to it.