Neil deGrasse Tyson continues his onslaught on the government’s betrayal of science
When Astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson was on Bill Maher last week, he laid into the plans to slash NASA’s budget. When the topic of the James Webb Space Telescope came up, he broke in and said, “Don’t get me started.” Maher had him. “No, I want to get you started…” What followed was intelligent, eloquent, passionate, and truthful – all of the qualities of a rant worth watching. We posted the video he had produced about it last month, but this one is even better because it came off the cuff, from the heart. Today, he continued the attacks with a little humor in the tweet above. Go ahead, click through and retweet him if you believe he’s right. Here’s his original rant from last week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_F3pw5F_Pc
In this video, I think Tyson does dominate a conversation with Dawkins.
While our main exports from Washington DC are disappointment and frustration, people like Neil deGrasse Tyson make me want to become a politician to fight the budget battles FOR scientific discovery. There is more to politics than legislating morality and debating spending cuts and tax increases; we could be using our position as the most advanced nation in the world to advance the Human species. Neil is a man that is enthusiastic about scientific discovery in a way accessible to the general public. We need more men like him in positions of power.
You don’t mess with Neil. He’ll own you.
Unless you’re Richard Dawkins…
Neil is the man. Plain and simple.
Agreed!
You have to admit, the dude makes sense. Wow.
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