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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.As @Patters was commenting in another thread, the only real opposition to the science has been from these two television personalities.
Having Tyson admit publicly that he made a mistake in his calculations was rather a big deal I thought.. it just wasn't as much as I was hoping it was going to be.
Nye's interview and subsequent video just has to be a joke. I'm thinking they were both meant to be taken tongue in cheek with his terribly unscientific observations being revealed as a joke when he yells Go Seahawks in conclusion.
At least DeGrasse actually used science (even if incorrect science) to back up his claims. Bill Nye's argument against Belichick was just embarrassing even if it was for for an argument on validity of a junior high school experiment. I mean Nye's strongest argument that Belichick's explanation was wrong was "Go Seahawks!".
I think the fact that its on funnyordie.com should clue people in that its not serious.
Argh, plenty of other scientists disagree with Tyson, we disagree with Tyson, but I'm pretty sure neither his race nor Boston's racial history has anything to do with his rejection of the Patriots explanation.
In an undated interview at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Tyson talked about being black and one of the most visible and well known scientists in the world. He told a story about being interviewed about a plasma burst from the sun on a local Fox affiliate in 1989. “I'd never before in my life seen an interview with a black person on television for expertise that had nothing to do with being black. And at that point, I realized that one of the last stereotypes that prevailed among people who carry stereotypes is that, sort of, black people are somehow dumb. I wondered, maybe ... that's a way to undermine this sort of, this stereotype that prevailed about who's smart and who's dumb. I said to myself, 'I just have to be visible, or others like me, in that situation.' That would have a greater force on society than anything else I could imagine."[54][55]
In 2005, at a conference at the National Academy of Sciences, Tyson responded to a question about whether genetic differences might keep women from working as scientists. He said that his goal to become an astrophysicist was “hands down the path of most resistance through the forces … of society.” He continued: "My life experience tells me, when you don’t find blacks in the sciences, when you don’t find women in the sciences, I know these forces are real and I had to survive them in order to get where I am today. So before we start talking about genetic differences, you gotta come up with a system where there’s equal opportunity. Then we can start having that conversation.”[56]
In a 2014 interview with Grantland, Tyson said that he related his experience on that 2005 panel in an effort to make the point that the scientific question about genetic differences can't be answered until the social barriers are dismantled. "I’m saying before you even have that conversation, you have to be really sure that access to opportunity has been level."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson
Funny...I have NEVER EVER heard of Stephen Hawking going beserk about the inequities of suffering from ALS and demanding "a conversation" on it before anyone can "move forward".
I agree his talents are writing and oration. You can't claim to be good at explaining science if your explaining incorrectly.NDT's primary talents are writing and oration. His job is to explain science to idiots in an entertaining way, not to be the world's greatest scientist, which he clearly isnt.
Let's keep on topic here. I'm saying he's not disagreeing with the Patriots because he's black. Nowhere in this does he say, "I'm black so I hate the Patriots and Boston therefore believe they cheated."
Joker the Patriots have been skewered on every news, sports and late night comedy show in this country and yet you seem to be particularly upset over Tyson and Sharpton. Underlying issue there?Then why doesn't he keep his goddamned mouth shut, do HIS business and catch the rest on ESPN? YOU stick your head in the sand all you want to...when I see bigotry I react.
Funny...I have NEVER EVER heard of Stephen Hawking going beserk about the inequities of suffering from ALS and demanding "a conversation" on it before anyone can "move forward".
I don't know man, I think you're hearing hoofs and thinking zebras here. Whether he is or isn't racist I'm not going to conjecture. But I think the underlying thesis here that Mass= long history of racism so his conclusions are biased is probably flawed. For one, I have never heard that Massachussetts is racist or was anymore than anywhere else. I'm not from mass, but I'm pretty well traveled, lived in many states and have never heard that.Underlying issue? You accusing ME of being the racist here? When I see a person jump out of his realm of expertise to make nationally known his scientific opinion that BB, Kraft and Brady are public liars...AND he refutes the already published explanation by a Boston College academic in the same field, I question his MOTIVE. I GAVE you his direct quotes on HIS POSITION about the "racist scientific" community. I don't have the agenda, HE CLEARLY DOES.
This ends here. You keep believing these public personae are above reproach and questions. I question what I SEE when I SEE it. Free country still, isn't it? Or am I the one with a "problem" about that too?