Astrophysicist and bestselling author Neil deGrasse Tyson argues that applying scientific analysis to political disagreements can bring people with opposing viewpoints together. Neil’s book, “Starry Messenger,” is available now in paperback.
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Hey cbs and Colbert. I wonder why you don’t have Micha kaku on he’s in my opinion very well versed and knowledgable while at the same time isn’t as controversial as this guy
ReplyLove to hear him speak, and admire his scientific expertise. And am constantly blown away at his ignorance.
ReplyWe’re all made of carbon based molecules, and all of our borders are made up imaginary lines in the sand during a storm.
ReplyKudos to Neil for pointing out that opinions are often lightning rods for attack. I get it. I am attacked all the time for my opinions, but I also write books, and isn’t getting people upset and wanting to kill you for your opinion a part of what makes a truly great writer?
ReplyGah! Blinded to our commonality once, shame on me.
ReplyPreach Neil! DeGrass Tyson is the man 👨
Reply“Think data and analyze it…”
ReplyYeah, the average Trump voter is all about analyzing data 🙂
Scientist: “Just look at the data!”
ReplyConservative: “I prefer looking at the bible.”
There are some things in biology which are not on a spectrum, and sex is one of them. There are only two sexes. If you don’t like “Male” and “Female” just use “small gamete maker” and “large gamete maker”. There is no third kind of gamete. Sex is all about sending genes into the future. Evolution has given us this mechanism. In flowering plants it’s pollen and ova. All your ancestors were good at sex, but not everyone leaves descendants because not everyone is good at sex.
ReplyI’ve been disturbed for about ten years, as I’ve noted our *thinking* – as a species – seems tp be getting increasingly *BINARY* at an increasing pace. No room for ambivalence or even an occasional ‘somewhat’ anymore.
ReplyIdk, perhaps a side-effect of social media? Conditioned by so many 👍and 👎?
And, as if that weren’t enough, it also now seems *IMPERATIVE for one to feel* 👍 or 👎 about *Every … Damn … Thing* 🥴
My preferred approach when I hear a view point I disagree with is to see if I can identify some elements that I can accept or applaud and then discuss where and why I feel differently. I met someone on campus who was trying to get signatures against extracting and refining uranium. I was a physics major and quite like nuclear power. We had a civilised discussion for about 5 minutes where I was able to tell him a few truths about nuclear energy and refinement and he was prepared to listen because I was prepared to acknowledge that a poorly planned and poorly regulated industry can have catastrophic consequences like Fukushima. He ended up maintaining his position that he didn’t think it was right for Australia but acknowledging a lot of his concerns may have been overblown.
Replyjust going with his position that that wasn’t the country he grew up in, well, yes, of course. now we have media sites which allow for immediate push back on opinions. when he and I grew up, we had “letters to the editor.” big difference between then and now. so, perhaps, we did have those immediate distinctions, but we were not able to effectively communicate them at that time.
ReplyNeil is “The Man!!!!”😎👍
ReplyWe are star stuff.
Reply🥰🥰🥰🥰NDT
ReplyPolitics has been infiltrated by religion.
ReplyAnd religion is a zero day defect
Cosmic? CONservatives can’t even manage a planetary view for their grand/kids. SCOTUS trying to kill EPA as even Forbes admits: “Pollution Kills More People Than… Anything”.
ReplyThey play politics & use Chicago while idyllic Alaska leads in Violent Crime Rate. Every. Year. AK crab season #canceled (population collapse) for first time ever. 75 AK rivers (some once called “world’s clearest”) are now “bright orange, with the opacity of pea soup” due to #ClimateChange.
You guys MUST make Neil’s bit from 3:06 a Reel
ReplyThe problem lies in the fact that there are a lot of “opinions” out there that are just wrong facts.
ReplySimply put, we are a siblings because we are children of God with common ancestors.
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