[arthurus]

I never before heard of this fellow.

[Blennos]

This affirmative action “scientist” is on an intellectual par with “Bill the Science Guy.”

[Lisbon1940]

He did wash out at UT, but later obtained his doctorate in Astrphysics from Columbia.

[DoodleDawg]

And Yiannopolous is qualified to call Tyson, or any other scientist, stupid because....?

[VRW Conspirator]

Tyson, whom liberals love because they are racists who can't believe a black guy could be smart enough to be a scientist and so spontaneously ejaculate and soil themselves every time they see him on TV, hasn't published anything of note for years.

Love it. I suspected Tyson was just a used car salesman.

[jacknhoo]

Didn’t he bite somebody’s ear off?

[baltiless]

I don't have any problems with Tyson. The worst thing I can say about him is that he's a middle aged man who never lost his youthful idealism.

Some months ago, he tweeted something to the effect of "I'm waiting to enter a country because there are invisible lines somebody drew a long time ago." I agree in principle that on some level, borders are idiotic and we as human beings should be able to come and go without any political or bureaucratic procedures, but I'm also an adult who recognizes the need to keep track of who's in your country. But I get his point and on some level admire that he holds onto such idealism.

[TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed]

Tyson is NASA’s propaganda tool, somewhat akin to Baghdad Bob.

[tophat9000]

The advantage of being a celebrity scientist is that you don’t actually have to do any science. You’re exempted from the usual “publish or perish” rules

because its not "publish or perish" in science, and academia anymore...

its really "publicity or perish"...

you don't have to be on note by contributing something original of substance ....

You just have to be of note for something, anything... ...

these days it's usually being note for nothing of any real substance... you don't need talent.... you just need to be a celebrity.. be a member of the noisy PC squeaky wheel class

[tophat9000]

It sad what the word “science” has become... science is a methodology for understanding, of discovering truth ...as the objection was finding “truth”....

now science it not the methodology, or seeking the truth, with a method of discovers........it regurgitation of things that you were told without understanding

science is method of discovering data, connecting the dots or point of data of with reason and rational understanding... all in the goal of seeking what was reality and true....

now “science” is it regurgitating a “line” in public without any necessary understanding... unthinking, unquestioning...

what science tells you used to open minds to greater thoughts and questions... and now is used to close down independent thought and questions

you no longer ask questions,.you stop thinking, when you think you know all the answers....

true wisdom is knowing you know nothing (at least in the overall scheme of things)