My favorite Tyson moment:

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May 10, 2024
7:53:30am

MarylandFan All-American

My favorite Tyson moment:

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— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) July 20, 2015

https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/623117641507557376

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I cannot stand Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Choke

May 10, 1:21am

Happy to give a POTD for this 😁

Run-DMT

May 10, 1:24am

For what?

Genghis Spreads

May 10, 2:08am

He lost my respect a few years ago when he openly mocked Christians and Jesus

May 10, 3:01am

He absolutely is that. So condescending.

LifeLongLakerFan

May 10, 6:26am

I have a close astrophysicist friend. Evidently that sentiment is shared by most

P-Widdy

May 10, 3:17am

That is shocking!

RSL

May 10, 4:45am

And I apparently have something in common with NdGT, since the OP has me blocked

spinner

May 10, 8:22am

Never heard of the guy

May 10, 5:21am

He speaks nonsense with an authoritative voice. Reminds me of Bill Nye.

ImuaKahuku

May 10, 5:29am

It is curious how all the people that were pushed on us during elementary school(at least my generation) are

mokelembembe

May 10, 7:06am

Not Levar Burton!

SJS

May 10, 7:10am

RE: Not Levar Burton!

P-Widdy

May 10, 7:15am

RE: Not Levar Burton!

SJS

May 10, 7:22am

RE: Not Levar Burton!

P-Widdy

May 10, 7:29am

Lol. Moms For Liberty is notoriously terrible. Your description is pretty off.

jamfam

May 10, 4:19pm

Whatever you think about MFL, a joke about hitting women is not cool at all.

SoBlueitHurts

May 10, 4:24pm

Burton is a liar and deceiver.

MarylandFan

May 10, 4:36pm

Some aren't even banned from the libraries, just removed from curriculum. Those

May 10, 4:48pm

RE: Not Levar Burton!

COUGND

May 10, 11:23am

At least Neil is intelligent where his problem

May 10, 7:11am

He is fine within his field of expertise, but when he opines in other areas, he

LeGrandBleu

May 10, 7:29am

Same problem with anyone who draws conclusions without knowing everything. I saw

DwigtA2RM

May 10, 9:04am

When in an interview setting it's fine if he doesn't try to hash out all sides

joelvandyne

May 10, 9:25am

In a word, yes. Allowing evil to occur, because God necessarily had

DwigtA2RM

May 10, 9:41am

RE: In a word, yes. Allowing evil to occur, because God necessarily had

joelvandyne

May 10, 9:53am

I never said they were stupid or lazy thinkers. Flawed assumptions lead to

DwigtA2RM

May 10, 10:25am

"reason[ing] God's existence or lack thereof" is not the same question as

joelvandyne

May 10, 10:52am

The conversation shifted from Neil DeGrasse Tyson's statement to your own, when

DwigtA2RM

May 10, 11:38am

RE: The conversation shifted from Neil DeGrasse Tyson's statement to your own,

joelvandyne

May 10, 11:45am

This was my summary from my first post:

DwigtA2RM

May 10, 11:59am

RE: This was my summary from my first post:

joelvandyne

May 10, 12:03pm

All-powerful isn't the issue. I have no doubt that God can stop a Tsunami.

DwigtA2RM

May 10, 2:58pm

It's not about stopping the tsunami, it's about designing a test that requires

joelvandyne

May 10, 3:15pm

You are correct that we do not believe God’s power comes with no strings

DwigtA2RM

May 10, 3:50pm

RE: You are correct that we do not believe God’s power comes with no strings

joelvandyne

May 10, 4:23pm

I cannot stand Bill Nye, and won’t listen because he is just plain wrong on stuf

King of Y

May 10, 10:57am

Bill Nye the engineer. No science background.

Thrill

May 10, 11:35am

I don’t care what kind of train he drives, he always sounds like an idiot.

King of Y

May 10, 11:38am

And most of the "science communicator" group. Nye isn't even a real "scientist".

seacougar

May 10, 3:10pm

I don't mind him most of the time. But he's the embodiment of, "Because they're

shoganai

May 10, 6:26am

Key & Peele make fun of him so well

May 10, 6:29am

This is not a good take.

theonick

May 10, 7:19am

Yours or his?

Forbidden Fruit

May 10, 7:28am

Your board name says it all. . .

theonick

May 10, 7:37am

It's not his religion takes that I hate. It's more his religious fervor for

Mises

May 10, 10:18am

RE: It's not his religion takes that I hate. It's more his religious fervor for

joelvandyne

May 10, 1:06pm

I guess I don’t totally get it.

theonick

May 10, 10:40pm

I can't stand him and it has 0 to do with his religious takes. It has to do with

May 10, 12:49pm

Same. Didn’t even really know about his religious takes. His tone is terrible.

Choke

May 10, 1:15pm

OP said nothing of religion. Maybe you meant this for

SoBlueitHurts

May 10, 3:56pm

My favorite Tyson moment:

MarylandFan

May 10, 7:53am

I watched an interview he and another guy did recently about climate models.

misterpepper

May 10, 8:10am

I didn’t like him back when everyone liked him but now I think he’s over-hated.

BaseCoug

May 10, 8:21am

You should just start calling him Neil Tyson and watch what happens...

zonacougar

May 10, 9:19am

I may not agree with him, but I enjoy listening to some of his talks. He really

King of Y

May 10, 10:56am

General observation from comments in this thread.

Undefeated

May 11, 12:39pm

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