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thecrow

(5,525 posts) Tue Mar 18, 2014, 12:14 PM Mar 2014

Neil deGrasse Tyson is really starting to scare conservatives...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/18/neil-degrasse-tyson-is-really-starting-to-scare-conservatives/

I love the comment about Seth McFarlane's "deal" with Fox.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson is really starting to scare conservatives... (Original Post) thecrow Mar 2014 OP

Free market, baby Blue_Adept Mar 2014 #1

EXCELLENT METAPHOR! Practical theories flourish, bad theories get discarded. DetlefK Mar 2014 #4

They don't even bother to provide alternative explanations. DetlefK Mar 2014 #2

I love the way he states the facts.. not even subtle thecrow Mar 2014 #3

If their spiritual faith depends on the denial of widely-accepted science ... Martin Eden Mar 2014 #5

and denies the notion OUTRIGHT that God is all-knowing, Volaris Mar 2014 #9

and he's the cuddliest astrophysicist since Einstein eShirl Mar 2014 #6

Shows like Cosmos show the extreme myopia of Earth-centered religions. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #7

Conservatives also aren't used to seeing African-Americans on TV Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #20

It's like on Dr. Who once... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #22

I just watched the last episode... northoftheborder Mar 2014 #8

Hey! I haven't seen it yet. Don't spoil it for me. Yavin4 Mar 2014 #12

I meant I watched the most recent (this week's) not the ending of the series! northoftheborder Mar 2014 #14

13 weeks, same as the oriiginal HarveyDarkey Mar 2014 #16

I was trying to make a joke there. Yavin4 Mar 2014 #18

I got it. johnp3907 Mar 2014 #23

Neil deGrasse Tyson is my secret crush! Lunacee_2013 Mar 2014 #10

Too late rocktivity Mar 2014 #15

Lol, she's too cute! Lunacee_2013 Mar 2014 #25

Gorgeous malaise Mar 2014 #27

Fire would scare most conservatives Yavin4 Mar 2014 #11

Oh No's. Not another smart Black Guy! rgbecker Mar 2014 #13

Anything that makes right wing fundie heads explode is a good thing! Initech Mar 2014 #17

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2014 #19

a Black man and Science, the two most hated things to repukes NightWatcher Mar 2014 #21

The first two episodes of this show were great Gothmog Mar 2014 #24

K&R n/t Feral Child Mar 2014 #26

Blue_Adept

(6,500 posts)

1. Free market, baby

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 12:21 PM

Mar 2014

It's too bad so many conservatives are afraid of the real free market of ideas.

DetlefK

(16,670 posts)

4. EXCELLENT METAPHOR! Practical theories flourish, bad theories get discarded.

Reply to Blue_Adept (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 12:38 PM

Mar 2014

According to that metaphor:
"teach the controversy" = "all theories deserve equal time, regardless of their performance" = "socialism"

DetlefK

(16,670 posts)

2. They don't even bother to provide alternative explanations.

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 12:34 PM

Mar 2014

"God created Earth."
"That's impossible, here's counter-proof."
"Well, in that case, God created the Big Bang."

thecrow

(5,525 posts)

3. I love the way he states the facts.. not even subtle

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 12:37 PM

Mar 2014

He does it in a way everyone can understand and doesn't side step for the true believin' fundies.

Martin Eden

(15,873 posts)

5. If their spiritual faith depends on the denial of widely-accepted science ...

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:41 PM

Mar 2014

... then their faith is very shallow, and rests on shaky ground.

Volaris

(11,794 posts)

9. and denies the notion OUTRIGHT that God is all-knowing,

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 02:51 PM

Mar 2014

Which constitutes a form of denial of the One, True God.
Which means of course that what they are actually worshiping is a False god.
Good job with that guys...

eShirl

(20,421 posts)

6. and he's the cuddliest astrophysicist since Einstein

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:46 PM

Mar 2014

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)

7. Shows like Cosmos show the extreme myopia of Earth-centered religions.

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:58 PM

Mar 2014

Take Christianity, for example. In a universe that contains multi-billions of galaxies and on a planet that is billions of years old, they focus on the last 2,000 years and on one supposedly magical/supernatural member of one species of primate.

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)

20. Conservatives also aren't used to seeing African-Americans on TV

Reply to Arugula Latte (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:41 PM

Mar 2014

being something other than athletes, musicians or actors...

(President Barack Obama doesn't count obviously, since he was born and raised in Kenya )

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

22. It's like on Dr. Who once...

Reply to Arugula Latte (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:48 PM

Mar 2014

He was complaining because they were out of milk. In all of space and time with billions of species they insisted it had to come from a cow.

northoftheborder

(7,639 posts)

8. I just watched the last episode...

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 02:14 PM

Mar 2014

....it is all about purposeful selection, natural selection, evolution over the billions of years; very well explained for anyone to understand. What he doesn't have an answer for, he does not make suppositions about, challenges the future scientists to explore and discover answers. Excellent, I think. This should be shown in every classroom in the country. Hope lots of young people are watching this. Their denialist elders are lost.

Yavin4

(37,182 posts)

12. Hey! I haven't seen it yet. Don't spoil it for me.

Reply to northoftheborder (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:07 PM

Mar 2014

I don't want to know how it all ends.

northoftheborder

(7,639 posts)

14. I meant I watched the most recent (this week's) not the ending of the series!

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #12)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:18 PM

Mar 2014

I'm not sure how long the series goes, but I'm sure it's longer than 3.

HarveyDarkey

(9,077 posts)

16. 13 weeks, same as the oriiginal

Reply to northoftheborder (Reply #14)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:21 PM

Mar 2014

except with commercials

Yavin4

(37,182 posts)

18. I was trying to make a joke there.

Reply to northoftheborder (Reply #14)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:34 PM

Mar 2014

No worries.

johnp3907

(4,337 posts)

23. I got it.

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #18)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 04:03 PM

Mar 2014

I thought it was funny.

Lunacee_2013

(529 posts)

10. Neil deGrasse Tyson is my secret crush!

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:00 PM

Mar 2014

He's so smart and dreamy and perfect. ... and handsome and kind and easy going...and...and....

rocktivity

(45,008 posts)

15. Too late

Reply to Lunacee_2013 (Reply #10)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:21 PM

Mar 2014

Last edited Fri Mar 21, 2014, 12:57 PM - Edit history (1)

Tyson has already got an official groupie:

rocktivity

Lunacee_2013

(529 posts)

25. Lol, she's too cute!

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 19, 2014, 08:24 AM

Mar 2014

malaise

(297,921 posts)

27. Gorgeous

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 19, 2014, 09:13 AM

Mar 2014

Two things I observed - she's really bright; she has her map of the world and her dolly looks like her.
Love all three!!!

Yavin4

(37,182 posts)

11. Fire would scare most conservatives

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:05 PM

Mar 2014

Fire bad!

rgbecker

(4,890 posts)

13. Oh No's. Not another smart Black Guy!

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:12 PM

Mar 2014

What about the bell curve?

Initech

(109,262 posts)

17. Anything that makes right wing fundie heads explode is a good thing!

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:33 PM

Mar 2014

WillyT

(72,631 posts)

19. K & R !!!

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:37 PM

Mar 2014

NightWatcher

(39,382 posts)

21. a Black man and Science, the two most hated things to repukes

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:43 PM

Mar 2014

Gothmog

(182,006 posts)

24. The first two episodes of this show were great

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 04:56 PM

Mar 2014

The fact that the science deniers are unhappy makes me smile

Feral Child

(2,086 posts)

26. K&R n/t

Reply to thecrow (Original post)

Wed Mar 19, 2014, 09:08 AM

Mar 2014

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