/sci/ - Science & Math

Does Neil Degrasse Tyson owe his success to Affirmative Action?

Has he even done much for science? He strikes me as a guy who can make himself appear much smarter than he actually is by speaking eloquently and using sophisticated vocabulary. When I watch videos of him he's usually talking about some relatively simple scientific (or other) concept that even a non-science person (such as myself) can easily understand, but he makes it seem like he's really smart for knowing it.

I think the media is just touting him as some extraordinary genius because he's black. As if to say, "See? Blacks are just as capable as whites!" Or to give blacks a scientific figure that they can flaunt in front of whites and say "what now, whitey? We scientist now." Just like how blacks often rub Obama in the face of whites as a way to say that they're in control now.

He reminds me a lot of his mentor Sagan i.e. a good speaker w/ a moderate understanding of science, but with very little new things to add. A lot of my peers and people online seem to think Sagan is among the smartest men in history, but I've personally always felt he was extremely overrated. I hope I'm not alone in that opinion. I just can't help but think Sagan would be almost unknown today if he hadn't made Cosmos or whored himself out to the media like he did.

I don't browse /sci/ much and I've never seen threads about Tyson or Sagan. I just wanted to get your opinions. Forgive me if it's already been asked.

"If someone were to ask me what intelligence is, I'd say: intelligence is what's measured by an IQ test. It is worth noting that based on this definition people of African descent like myself are, in fact, intellectually inferior to people of European descent."
--Neil deGrasse Tyson

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>>5000642
Last, best hope.

They were at the top of their class since high school, did everything possible and had enough money to go to the best schools. They were also extremely lucky.

Not every musician is JayZ. Not every engineer works with space.

Don't set your hopes too high, kid. Be an electrician.

Human ingenuity seldom fails to improve on the fruits of human invention. Whatever may have dazzled everyone on its debut is almost guaranteed to be superseded and, someday, to look quaint.

In 2000 B.C. a pair of ice skates made of polished animal bone and leather thongs was a transportation breakthrough. In 1610 Galileo's eight-power telescope was an astonishing tool of detection, capable of giving the senators of Venice a sneak peek at hostile ships before they could enter the lagoon. In 1887 the one-horsepower Benz Patent Motorwagen was the first commercially produced car powered by an internal combustion engine. In 1946 the thirty-ton, showroom-size ENIAC, with its 18,000 vacuum tubes and 6,000 manual switches, pioneered electronic computing. Today you can glide across roadways on in-line skates, gaze at images of faraway galaxies brought to you by the Hubble Space Telescope, cruise the autobahn in a 600-horsepower roadster, and carry your three-pound laptop to an outdoor cafe.

Is Mr. T ever wrong? I see him on Bill Maher and he makes everyone on the panel look like chimps. Why is not running for president? Everything he says is true.

;_;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HWGihz0UGg&feature=related

This man is about to interview the founder of PETA.

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>>3555415
never happened

To the individual who said that blacks have smaller brains and therefore inferior intelligence, I give you Dr. Tyson.

Yeah, who's the retard now, Mr. Whitey?

/sci/'s face when my man, is not just highly intelligent, but also packs a 10 inch "black man's average" dong.

the jelly doth come forth

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>>3269819
I understand and agree with the basic idea of what you're saying, but you should really learn how to write better english...it hurts my frontal cortex

be honest, how much of /sci/ is still virgins?

Son, I am dissapoint.

ask neil degrasse tyson anything.

Hey check it out /sci/, it's your hero Neil DeGrasse Tyson saying Republicans are more Pro-science than Democrats. Looks like a lot of people here might need to change their beliefs and arguments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Q8UvJ1wvk&feature=channel_video_title

>>2932359
Well shit.

I'm speaking at the University of Houston this Wednesday and OP is going to see me. How many of you are jelly?

Hey /sci/, why are people jizzing their pants over this guy? I just feel like everything he says is either taken from someone else, or just not very interesting or thought provoking, yet people are hailing him as the next Carl Sagan.

What do you think?

What does /sci/ think about this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-uZZ7RdL5E&feature=feedrec_grec_index

Is this guy half black?