3 thoughts on “Neil Tyson”

1. http://publicwords.com/2015/07/14/eight-ways-to-begin-a-speech/

   Or just about any description of how to win an audience. These are just the cheap tricks of the charlatan. Most of us know we’re being tricked, but that’s why we left the house – to believe.

2. One of my first exposures to NdGT was watching a cable show about Pluto being demoted. He was telling the story of a kid who sent him a letter asking Pluto get reinstated in his museum’s display, and he was laughing at the kid’s crayoned letter. (Aren’t kids supposed to Change the Worlds?) Anyway, someone who makes fun of a little kid is like a school in the summer: no class.

   It’s funny how many astronomers want to be the next Carl Sagan, and none have really managed it. For all his political faults, he was truly a great communicator. Most scientists vying for the mantle tend to come off as buffoons or desperate wannabes.

3. I’ve been compiling a list of Tyson’s blunders:
   http://hopsblog-hop.blogspot.com/2016/01/fact-checking-neil-degrasse-tyson.html
   It’s not a complete list by any means.
   Tyson has commented twice (at least I think it’s Tyson).

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