I got a kick out of this.
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2015/...actually-really-stupid-1-neil-degrasse-tyson/
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2015/...actually-really-stupid-1-neil-degrasse-tyson/
Scientists Who Are Actually Really Stupid: #1, Neil deGrasse Tyson
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"Tyson, whom liberals love because they are racists who can’t believe a black guy could be smart enough to be a scientist"
Lost me at that idiotic assumption. But I started to read it anyway. And laughed because in the first few paragraphs they are bashing him because he has said there was racism while he was going to school, and then they bash him for not getting the "PhD he was studying for at the University of Texas and had to go elsewhere for his qualification"- yeah he ended up at Columbia University, not exactly a crappy Devry online degree. And he's right- in the 1980's for a black person in science, there WAS racism, it's common knowledge!
Then they bash him for "playing in bands and appearing on stage instead of completing essays. Typical science PhD students are at any given time either studying, teaching or sleeping." as if, god forbid, a student earning his PhD should ever be doing anything to relax. And in the article they linked in that same statement, it showed that he DID take his studies seriously, but he also valued a balance in his academic journey (this is from that article): He also joined UT’s competitive dance, rowing, and wrestling teams—unusual activities for a PhD student. “I should’ve spent more time in the lab,” Tyson admits, “but that wasn’t me. I took my studies very seriously, but I also did these other pursuits.”
And then he goes on to admit (in that same article lined by the article you posted): “With or without skin color, I wasn’t the model student,” he adds. “There was simply no room for me to be the full person that I was. If race was at play in all this, it was only at the edges of the experience.” - which is in STARK contrast to the article you linked that painted him as blaming all academic failures on racism. He did experience racism, but he admits his failures at UT were his own fault. And then he went on to correct those by earning his PhD at a different, and some could argue better, university.
And that's just the first little part of this article that is full of totally biased, inaccurate, contradictory, poor reporting.
I mean, if you don't like the guy, cool- but find a better article to bash him with.
Lost me at that idiotic assumption. But I started to read it anyway. And laughed because in the first few paragraphs they are bashing him because he has said there was racism while he was going to school, and then they bash him for not getting the "PhD he was studying for at the University of Texas and had to go elsewhere for his qualification"- yeah he ended up at Columbia University, not exactly a crappy Devry online degree. And he's right- in the 1980's for a black person in science, there WAS racism, it's common knowledge!
Then they bash him for "playing in bands and appearing on stage instead of completing essays. Typical science PhD students are at any given time either studying, teaching or sleeping." as if, god forbid, a student earning his PhD should ever be doing anything to relax. And in the article they linked in that same statement, it showed that he DID take his studies seriously, but he also valued a balance in his academic journey (this is from that article): He also joined UT’s competitive dance, rowing, and wrestling teams—unusual activities for a PhD student. “I should’ve spent more time in the lab,” Tyson admits, “but that wasn’t me. I took my studies very seriously, but I also did these other pursuits.”
And then he goes on to admit (in that same article lined by the article you posted): “With or without skin color, I wasn’t the model student,” he adds. “There was simply no room for me to be the full person that I was. If race was at play in all this, it was only at the edges of the experience.” - which is in STARK contrast to the article you linked that painted him as blaming all academic failures on racism. He did experience racism, but he admits his failures at UT were his own fault. And then he went on to correct those by earning his PhD at a different, and some could argue better, university.
And that's just the first little part of this article that is full of totally biased, inaccurate, contradictory, poor reporting.
I mean, if you don't like the guy, cool- but find a better article to bash him with.
Breitbart isn't exactly a bastion of intellectual integrity. They call the guy's politics stupid when they have their own very niche brand of political ignorance. It seems the pot is calling the black kettle black and then telling it that it can't talk about its blackness.
I'm not the biggest fan of Tyson. I've seen stuff he has done and he seems pretty bright, but a lot of his arguments against christianity are just bad. I think he devolves into stupidity when he puts forth his flippant and careless statements about religion.
I'm not the biggest fan of Tyson. I've seen stuff he has done and he seems pretty bright, but a lot of his arguments against christianity are just bad. I think he devolves into stupidity when he puts forth his flippant and careless statements about religion.
LOL at Breitbart. It's kind of like being pissed at the nerd when the nerd turns out to be smarter and more popular than you.
Tyson is an idiot that doesn't understand baseball. http://www.hardballtimes.com/tht-live/how-slow-could-you-throw/
Neil Tyson is to science what Donovan McNabb was to the NFL.
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I like Tyson, personally I have gone to 2 of his lectures and met him twice...many think he is ultra-left when he is more moderate, he says "balanced". He is partially responsible for my mindset in believing you can be progressive/liberal and not have to depend on government to move. BE the influence and let progress happen naturally. I like that...
Don't like a particular industry? Then Make a NEW free-market industry. Seems like good logic.
But, like Einstein and many other great minds in history, he is not immune to being human and saying stupid things. Much like the geniuses on this board...
This is one of the better takedowns of NDT, resident "faux science" guy and champion of snarky liberals nationwide.
It's 100% true that the guy is not a scientist; he's a cheerleader for the left and its' causes, and he simply bundles them up "in the name of science" to sell to the left wing drivel who eat it with their mouths wide open.
You know he's not a scientist because a scientist is capable of admitting when he/she is wrong and revise their thesis accordingly. This guy has been wrong, REALLY wrong, so many times yet he is incapable of accepting it and admitting it. I guess doing so might jeopardize his left wing cult following.
It's 100% true that the guy is not a scientist; he's a cheerleader for the left and its' causes, and he simply bundles them up "in the name of science" to sell to the left wing drivel who eat it with their mouths wide open.
You know he's not a scientist because a scientist is capable of admitting when he/she is wrong and revise their thesis accordingly. This guy has been wrong, REALLY wrong, so many times yet he is incapable of accepting it and admitting it. I guess doing so might jeopardize his left wing cult following.
You do realize this is the exact same thing NDT does for his own benefit and followers?
He pushes biased, inaccurate, contradictory, and poorly reported 'data" only he does it in the "name of science", and it's pushed by his left wing followers before anyone stops to see if it's actually correct, or makes any sense.
If you want to simply say that the guy is a left leaning pundit that uses often loosely vetted scientific data, then that'd be fine. The problem is that he's always pushed as a scientist, first and foremost, who just happens to arrive at left leaning positions all the time because he's such a highly intellectual and principled scientist.
The whole progressive movement is about a govt of the few running the lives of the masses. The entire abortion movement was about thinning out the black population along with other undesirable.
You can be liberal or conservative with or without being a progressive. You can't be a Progressive and not believe in a large powerful govt. That it the bedrock that the movement is built upon. An elite few in charge of the masses many.
The Bush's, Clintons, Doles, Carters were all progressive but on both sides of the liberal/conservative markers.
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Of course you could just save us time and add the above to your signature so whenever you post one of your steroid fueled fox news informed ignorance fests we could just skip past it.
Merry Christmas!
Wait, "scientist who are actually really stupid" was the actual headline and not your commentary?? Does the editorial staff for that place consist of a bunch of 12 year olds?
Oh look, you referenced Fox News! How original, that really stings.
Good to see that service life hasn't change that fact that you're a dildo. Merry Christmas!
Seems pretty similar to most HuffPo headlines. Republicans R Racist!!!
Republicans R Stupid Bigots!!!
Republicans R Big Meanie Heads!!!
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