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Related: About this forumScience in America - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Published on Apr 19, 2017
We offer this 4min video on Science in America, containing what may be the most important words Neil deGrasse Tyson has ever spoken.
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Science in America - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Original Post)
pokerfan
Apr 2017
OP
March for Science tomorrow now 605 satellite marches near YOU Saturday
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2017
#1
Neil deGrasse Tyson says science deniers in White House are a profound threat to democracy
OKIsItJustMe
Apr 2017
#7
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)1. March for Science tomorrow now 605 satellite marches near YOU Saturday
Freethinker65
(10,023 posts)2. Will be at the one in Chicago
BigOleDummy
(2,270 posts)4. Will
be there in Louisville.
BigOleDummy
(2,270 posts)3. Very well said
It still amazes me that the anti-science people don't see the irony of themselves using the interweb/net to spread their views. Or of watching T.V. , driving their cars, using their air conditioning etc. while they deny the basic premises of knowledge.
NBachers
(17,115 posts)5. My poster for tomorrow:
longship
(40,416 posts)6. Still the sexiest astrophysicist on the planet.
He closed out the category.
Love him madly.
R&K
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)7. Neil deGrasse Tyson says science deniers in White House are a profound threat to democracy
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/neil-degrasse-tyson-trump-science-deniers-white-house-threat-democracy-a7696186.html
[font face=Serif][font size=5]Neil deGrasse Tyson says science deniers in White House are a profound threat to democracy[/font]
[font size=4]The scientist spoke out as thousands around the world prepare to march[/font]
[font size=3]One of Americas most influential and popular scientists has issued a stark warning over what he termed the Trump administrations rejection of science - saying it is a threat to the countrys informed democracy.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of the StarTalk podcast and TV show and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, said when he grew up, the US had relied on science to drive its innovation. But no longer.
People have lost the ability to judge what is true and what is not, what is reliable, what is not reliable, he says in a video posted on Facebook. Thats not the country I remember growing up in. I dont remember any other time where people were standing in denial of what science was.
Mr Tysons comments came as many thousands of scientists and their supporters prepare to hold marches to highlight what they say is the Trump administrations decision to reject science on issues ranging from climate change to public safety.
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[font size=4]The scientist spoke out as thousands around the world prepare to march[/font]
[font size=3]One of Americas most influential and popular scientists has issued a stark warning over what he termed the Trump administrations rejection of science - saying it is a threat to the countrys informed democracy.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of the StarTalk podcast and TV show and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, said when he grew up, the US had relied on science to drive its innovation. But no longer.
People have lost the ability to judge what is true and what is not, what is reliable, what is not reliable, he says in a video posted on Facebook. Thats not the country I remember growing up in. I dont remember any other time where people were standing in denial of what science was.
Mr Tysons comments came as many thousands of scientists and their supporters prepare to hold marches to highlight what they say is the Trump administrations decision to reject science on issues ranging from climate change to public safety.
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