Neil deGrasse Tyson's bullshit is worth criticizing because he popularizes a rhetoric which he can promote factually, objectively wrong things from a faulty basis. This pattern has been weaponized in online rhetoric.
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I see. I don’t exactly keep up with everything he’s says or has ever said but I’m surprised by this take.
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I can provide an example. He has repeatedly claimed science has made philosophy obsolete, called the discipline "useless." Then he will tweet things that boil down to how our problems are the result of no one studying philosophy.
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A scientist asserting he or she has no philosophical stance is like a fish asserting there is no such thing as "water" or Zuckerberg asserting Facebook's intentions are good.
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Interesting comparison with Z and Facebook.
. Dunno...
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Wow, lots of “likes” for this response....not one example. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Are your fingers broken? Does your computer not have google?
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Is it too much to ask? An example, really?
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You asked whom. They answered whom.
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