Neil deGrasse Tyson Chastises Media For Giving 'Flat Earthers' Equal Time in Climate Change Debate

[Shemp Howard]

41. You're skirting the issue.

The central issue here not one of history. It is whether or not it is acceptable to permanently shut down scientific debate. I am very disturbed that so many people find it acceptable.

As far as Einstein goes, as I noted before, he should have won the Nobel Prize for his work on Special Relativity. There are two theories as to why he did not. One, it's because his work was so unconventional. Two, it's because Einstein was himself unconventional (Jewish, and not a noted scientist when it was published). The truth is probably some combination of the two.

Nevertheless, my point holds. Einstein in 1905 was an outsider, and his views were outside those of accepted science. Fortunately for Einstein, Planck was an early supporter.

As to Galileo, you are certainly correct. His beef was with the Church. But that does not matter. For whatever reason, he was a rebel, and had to be silenced.

And you need not explain either the Photoelectric Effect or Black Body Radiation, to me anyway. I have taught both topics at the college level.