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Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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WikiWiki
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he is the fucking man, listening to him or watching his shows always makes me want to try harder at school

Mar 1 2012 3:27PM
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eldridge
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lol watching him in my geology class right now smart son of a gun with an infectious laugh
Mar 1 2012 3:35PM
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yuck
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currently goin through a neil degrasse tyson obsession. he is like "the morgan freeman of science"





Mar 20 2012 4:54PM
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PJS.
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this thread deserves a bump


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Apr 20 2012 2:50PM
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Jib-Ninja
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The most interesting man in the world?
Apr 20 2012 4:24PM
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klayer_9
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He is a fucking boss. I am reading his book Space Chronicles and it is a really good read if your'e into space exploration, science, and the advancement of the human species.

I love the videos posted above too.
Apr 21 2012 12:53AM
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klayer_9
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Apr 21 2012 1:02AM
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.brian
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hah, I watched a video in bio today with this guy in it. Seemed super annoying in the video in class.
Apr 21 2012 1:38AM
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ORDEAL
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http://www.reddit.com/ is that way
Apr 21 2012 1:42AM
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95959
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Love that guy
Apr 21 2012 3:27AM
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95959
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Love that guy
Apr 21 2012 3:27AM
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Applejack
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Hello reddit. Ed Whitten, and clearly and utterly superior eclipsing scientific mind is forgotten, while this fad astrophysicist with no significant discoveries to his name is celebrated. I don't understand it.
Apr 21 2012 4:39AM
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Mike-O
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Maybe it's like the Man vs. Wild - Survivorman debate.
Apr 21 2012 4:43AM
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Applejack
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Hmmmm? I have no idea - I've never heard of Survivorman, but do you mean that Survivorman is real and relatively obscure, while the clearly staged Man v. Wild is more popular?
Apr 21 2012 4:45AM
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Mike-O
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Yeah, it's all about the entertainment value. In comparison, would you believe that Stephen Hawking was as known outside the scientific world if he wasn't that "dude in the wheelchair with the robot voice?"
Apr 21 2012 4:51AM
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Applejack
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Good question. Would we know Einstein if he didn't have wild hair or wasn't so photogenic?
Apr 21 2012 4:52AM
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WikiWiki
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maybe because he is a teacher, he relates all of this shit to the normal everyday American at the Hayden planetarium- whereas Whitten does extremely complicated string theory that no average person is going to have a fucking clue about


no one said that Tyson is the smartest guy in the world- just that he is funny, can relate to the average joe and has an ability to speak well.


and to anyone who is saying shit about reddit blow me Ive never even been on that site- NS is enough bullshit for me
Apr 21 2012 12:21PM
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Mike-O
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So the Grylls vs. STROUD comparison works in a way.
Apr 21 2012 4:26PM
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m_and_m
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Watched one of his lectures at my school. The guy is incredibly intelligent and hilarious.
Apr 21 2012 5:35PM
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cottage_steeze
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Bump. NDT can relate extremely difficult to understand subjects to a completely clueless person and make it enjoyable to listen to. Most other scientists/extremely smart people can't bridge the gap.
Dec 24 2012 6:39PM
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appa
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he's inspiring thinkers of tomorrow... don't be so quick to bash him saying he's taking credit that isn't his. otherwise, leave technological advancement to people who don't know what they are doing and simply "want" it because technology has always advanced. people take technology for granted... it has to come from somewhere and from someone.
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