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Neil deGrasse Tyson StarTalk: Asteroid Mining !!!

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#1 - 2013-04-29 17:48:48 UTC
Something to listen to while mining: http://www.startalkradio.net/show/eureka-asteroid-mining/

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Angelique Duchemin
Team Evil
#2 - 2013-04-29 18:45:35 UTC
Why is everyone on the internet sucking Neil deGrasse Tyson's ****?


Yes I know that wasn't very lady like to ask but I need to know. My own theory is that it's because he's so popular with the Antitheism crowd.

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Metal Icarus
Star Frontiers
Brotherhood of Spacers
#3 - 2013-04-29 21:22:41 UTC
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
Why is everyone on the internet sucking Neil deGrasse Tyson's ****?


Yes I know that wasn't very lady like to ask but I need to know. My own theory is that it's because he's so popular with the Antitheism crowd.


He is like Obama for science. A new young black guy taking on an historically white profession.

he is the new, now in black flavor, Bill Nye
Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#4 - 2013-04-29 21:43:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Kirjava
Well hes not big outside of America, only heard of the guy through accident really, he's not that big in the technical literature, just in the pop science angle.
Metal Icarus wrote:


He is like Obama for science. A new young black guy taking on an historically white profession.

Wait what?
I think the Arabs want a word with who is new to the table with astronomy.

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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#5 - 2013-04-29 22:39:52 UTC
i think people like him because he makes a lot of sense and many tend to agree with his point of view. i first saw him on a history channel show called "the universe" idk...3 or 4 years ago. then he's been on jon stewart's daily show a few times. he's climbed his way up from obscurity.

i share a lot of viewpoints he has. he is a reasonable voice in what is becoming an increasingly unreasonable time imo.
pussnheels
Viziam
#6 - 2013-04-30 05:43:09 UTC  |  Edited by: pussnheels
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Something to listen to while mining: http://www.startalkradio.net/show/eureka-asteroid-mining/


he is one of my favorite scientist.speakers , because he has the gift to turn what is otherwise complex material into words most of us can understand and with a sense of humour and 'panache'

he never said that you should agree with what he says only that you atleast think about it and inform yourself properly

I do not agree with what you are saying , but i will defend to the death your right to say it...... Voltaire
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#7 - 2013-04-30 14:04:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
He is popular because he is one of those few astrophysicists who is actually personable and not locked away in a university doing nothing but thinking.

Haven't had one as eloquent since we lost Carl Sagan.

He is also the Director of the Hayden Planetarium in NYC.

Edit: and in this day and age of teaching that humans walked with the dinosaurs, we need this guy.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Angelique Duchemin
Team Evil
#8 - 2013-04-30 19:33:46 UTC
The sense he speaks is the obvious kinds. Attacking fundamentalists is not a feat. Just a cheap and easy target to score points with the Antitheists.

The very sun of heaven seemed distorted when viewed through the polarising miasma welling out from this sea-soaked perversion, and twisted menace and suspense lurked leeringly in those crazily elusive angles of carven rock where a second glance shewed concavity after the first shewed convexity.

pussnheels
Viziam
#9 - 2013-05-01 10:27:01 UTC  |  Edited by: pussnheels
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
The sense he speaks is the obvious kinds. Attacking fundamentalists is not a feat. Just a cheap and easy target to score points with the Antitheists.


this isn't about the different opinions and worldviews between fundamentalist and atheists , it is about and i m quoting another great scientist here

If God gave us the gift of thought and reasoning why shouldn't we be allowed to use that gift
(or atleast somethiong along those lines i need to google it but i do that later)
gallileo

I do not agree with what you are saying , but i will defend to the death your right to say it...... Voltaire
Angelique Duchemin
Team Evil
#10 - 2013-05-01 15:42:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Angelique Duchemin
pussnheels wrote:
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
The sense he speaks is the obvious kinds. Attacking fundamentalists is not a feat. Just a cheap and easy target to score points with the Antitheists.


this isn't about the different opinions and worldviews between fundamentalist and atheists , it is about and i m quoting another great scientist here

If God gave us the gift of thought and reasoning why shouldn't we be allowed to use that gift
(or atleast somethiong along those lines i need to google it but i do that later)
gallileo


Moot point. Only the insecure need motivation to not believe in something. The reason of us needs reasons to believe.

It's laughable how much effort educated people put into finding reasons to not believe.

And the quote in your signature is actually Evelyn Beatrice Hall, not Voltaire

The very sun of heaven seemed distorted when viewed through the polarising miasma welling out from this sea-soaked perversion, and twisted menace and suspense lurked leeringly in those crazily elusive angles of carven rock where a second glance shewed concavity after the first shewed convexity.

Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#11 - 2013-05-01 16:01:52 UTC
Oh, God.

You are sad.

Another person who can't understand that math and science are different from religion.

Even my Baptist Preacher of a grandfather kept the 2 separate in his head.

Science and Religion absolutely cannot speak to each other at all.

Any attempt to do so, or to justify one with the other, is nothing but mystagoguery.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#12 - 2013-05-01 16:03:40 UTC
..........and leads to idiocy like dragging religion into a thread about ASTEROID MINING.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Angelique Duchemin
Team Evil
#13 - 2013-05-01 16:35:15 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Oh, God.

You are sad.

Another person who can't understand that math and science are different from religion.

Even my Baptist Preacher of a grandfather kept the 2 separate in his head.

Science and Religion absolutely cannot speak to each other at all.

Any attempt to do so, or to justify one with the other, is nothing but mystagoguery.


What's your point?

The very sun of heaven seemed distorted when viewed through the polarising miasma welling out from this sea-soaked perversion, and twisted menace and suspense lurked leeringly in those crazily elusive angles of carven rock where a second glance shewed concavity after the first shewed convexity.

Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#14 - 2013-05-01 16:43:53 UTC
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
What's your point?

His point is that you appear to have fundamentally missed the point.

Its weird watching these discussions sometimes...

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Blane Xero
The Firestorm Cartel
#15 - 2013-05-01 16:48:57 UTC
I don't think anyone will compare to Brian Cox, for me. His humour when he is on shows like Q.I alone steal the piece of my heart reserved for star-talkery. His willingness to give "Astrologers" the put-down they so desperately deserve in spite of the balance that he is imposed to take in debates makes me very happy.

Also, stolen from Dara O'Briain, and slightly paraphrased, Astronomy = Nom = Nom nom nom Brian Cox is delicious. Astrology. = Log = A unit of feces.

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Angelique Duchemin
Team Evil
#16 - 2013-05-01 16:49:17 UTC
The very title mentions Neil deGrasse Tyson and so he has been addressed. Everything is in order.

The very sun of heaven seemed distorted when viewed through the polarising miasma welling out from this sea-soaked perversion, and twisted menace and suspense lurked leeringly in those crazily elusive angles of carven rock where a second glance shewed concavity after the first shewed convexity.

pussnheels
Viziam
#17 - 2013-05-01 19:00:55 UTC  |  Edited by: pussnheels
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
pussnheels wrote:
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
The sense he speaks is the obvious kinds. Attacking fundamentalists is not a feat. Just a cheap and easy target to score points with the Antitheists.


this isn't about the different opinions and worldviews between fundamentalist and atheists , it is about and i m quoting another great scientist here

If God gave us the gift of thought and reasoning why shouldn't we be allowed to use that gift
(or atleast somethiong along those lines i need to google it but i do that later)
gallileo


Moot point. Only the insecure need motivation to not believe in something. The reason of us needs reasons to believe.

It's laughable how much effort educated people put into finding reasons to not believe.

And the quote in your signature is actually Evelyn Beatrice Hall, not Voltaire


“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
― Galileo Galilei, Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina

actually it is gallileo here is the exact quote
if you want i can even give you the latin version

the world isn't black and white it is full of colors

I do not agree with what you are saying , but i will defend to the death your right to say it...... Voltaire
Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2013-05-01 19:01:27 UTC
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
It's laughable how much effort educated people put into finding reasons to not believe.
Believe what?

I believe there are purple unicorns flying between the Bermuda Portal and Russel's Teapot. In fact, it's absolutely ridiculous for you all to fight my beliefs. Saying I'm crazy is an act of aggression against by beliefs. If you do not believe with me then you are just grabbing at any way you can to find the slightest fault with my very solid and sound beliefs. Also, my arrogance, ignorance, and inability to listen to alternate viewpoints without becoming enraged are further examples of why I know what I'm talking about and anyone who disagrees with me is a blathering idiot.

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Angelique Duchemin
Team Evil
#19 - 2013-05-01 19:11:21 UTC
Reaver Glitterstim wrote:
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
It's laughable how much effort educated people put into finding reasons to not believe.
Believe what?

I believe there are purple unicorns flying between the Bermuda Portal and Russel's Teapot. In fact, it's absolutely ridiculous for you all to fight my beliefs. Saying I'm crazy is an act of aggression against by beliefs. If you do not believe with me then you are just grabbing at any way you can to find the slightest fault with my very solid and sound beliefs. Also, my arrogance, ignorance, and inability to listen to alternate viewpoints without becoming enraged are further examples of why I know what I'm talking about and anyone who disagrees with me is a blathering idiot.



Each to their own.

The very sun of heaven seemed distorted when viewed through the polarising miasma welling out from this sea-soaked perversion, and twisted menace and suspense lurked leeringly in those crazily elusive angles of carven rock where a second glance shewed concavity after the first shewed convexity.

Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2013-05-01 19:24:50 UTC
My dad would have loved Neil DeGrasse Tyson. He loved astronomy and space exploration almost as much as I did, maybe more way back before I knew him. He would always come home with space exploration magazines, and together we would go over the most exciting updates of the space program. Tyson is like Carl Sagan in that he has a way with words that, when combined with his experience as an astrophysicist, points out the beauty and majesty of space exploration.

I grew up not knowing that anyone had ever considered space exploration to be tied with atheism or antitheism. My dad was strongly Christian and he studied that religion almost as much as he studied space. I was brought up as a Christian, and I never saw any cognitive dissonance between believing in God and exploring space. In fact, if anything, it seems more confirmation of His wonder than anything else. Perhaps one of the biggest things that pulled me away from religion in my early years was the realization that people at my church wanted me to stop exploring. So maybe I left Christianity not because I felt it was incorrect, but because I felt it had bad ethical teachings.

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