Oh Mr. Tyson

#114 to #6 - N. Korean citizen (03/07/2013) [-]

He the black version of Carl Sagan.

#139 to #114 - tittylovin (03/08/2013) [-]

Thanks anon. I just wanted a concise answer, not a shitstorm.

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#7 to #6 - generaljosh (03/07/2013) [-]

Nope, just a man with a plan.
Also, reading rainbow

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#11 to #7 - lyiat ONLINE (03/07/2013) [-]

... Tyson didn't do Reading Rainbow. LeVar Burton, the guy who played Geordie La Forge in Star Trek:TNG did. Tyson is a NASA scientist, and one of the brightest minds in the world. Burton is an actor. A smart actor, but an actor.

#15 to #11 - richardastley (03/07/2013) [-]

I also wanted to point out that Tyson is one of the brightest minds because he is also a philosopher about his work and his entire field. A lot of scientists stopped doing that (as extensively) after Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein.

#9 to #7 - denvarte (03/07/2013) [-]

Um,
no,
He works for NASA and does NOVA on PBS
Reading Rainbow is done by an actor

#10 to #9 - juffs (03/07/2013) [-]

Lamar Burton.

Quality badass.

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#13 to #12 - popadoo (03/07/2013) [-]

Pluto not being a planet made it not a planet.

#126 to #13 - gargman (03/07/2013) [-]

Actually Pluto not being a planet cannot be determined, since the definition of a planet is not arbitrarily defined. While personally I can see why Pluto would not be given the status of a planet, its execution was unjust because only 4% of the IAU was left to make the decision.

#92 to #13 - N. Korean citizen (03/07/2013) [-]

Actually he didn't.

I see him on a weekly basis and he told me all about this,
(Sorry for not providing proof, but I am more of a Reddit member)

When the ninth planet was left out, it was merely to make a point that suggested the planet's orbit at it's inclination to the sun, it would be in the way of people walking near the model of the solar system. This made a big deal and deemed the Hayden Planetarium a joke in the newspapers, and with all the attention, some people took notice, guess what, it turns out he was right on accident.

N.D. Tyson, always right, even on accident.

#16 to #13 - restfullwicked ONLINE (03/07/2013) [-]

actually, he did contributed to the data that caused it to be reclassified.

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#18 to #16 - multimedia (03/07/2013) [-]

But it wasn't a planet. Not his fault it didn't meet the definition.

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#19 to #18 - restfullwicked ONLINE (03/07/2013) [-]

no but it was his work that showed that it wasnt a planet. also i seem to remember that he was also one of the driving forces behind the definition of what is and is not a planet, but i could be wrong about that. Its not his fault because its science, but if not for his work then the solar system would have the correct number of planets in it.

#33 to #19 - N. Korean citizen (03/07/2013) [-]

blog(.)chron(.)com/sciguy/2010/02/neil-degrasse-tyson-on-pluto-climate-controver sy-and-nasa/

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#28 to #13 - sinonyx (03/07/2013) [-]

no, fuck you. Pluto is a damn planet!

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#50 to #28 - zorororonoa (03/07/2013) [-]

if pluto is a planet then there should be hundreds of planets in our solar system

#83 to #50 - harleycurnow (03/07/2013) [-]

Hundreds? No. 20 at most.

#85 to #83 - zorororonoa (03/07/2013) [-]

really? i thought there were hundreds of pluto-sized objects in the solar system

#90 to #85 - harleycurnow (03/07/2013) [-]

It's the second largest dwarf planet in the solar system so there'd be 10 planets in the solar system if pluto was a planet. If dwarf planets were also classed as planets ther'd be 14 planets.

#86 to #85 - harleycurnow (03/07/2013) [-]

I thought there were just a few... One of us is right...

#87 to #86 - zorororonoa (03/07/2013) [-]

well i am very limited in my knowledge of astronomy so you probably are

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#36 to #28 - davidokuro (03/07/2013) [-]

And you are a fuck. See, classifications matter <sarcasm>so much</sarcasm>.

#30 to #12 - potatogrif (03/07/2013) [-]

That is the best sentence that I have ever read.

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#53 to #30 - thegamerslife (03/07/2013) [-]

justxjames should have just taken his red thumbs like a man!

#73 to #53 - meowthre (03/07/2013) [-]

Why, and got his account banned, 'like a man'?

This system of banning users for a few unliked comments is absurd; we're right to delete comments before they get too many negative thumbs, or we will lose our accounts.

#140 to #73 - potatogrif (03/08/2013) [-]

I was being sarcastic, but I think that I over exaggerated it.

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#141 to #140 - potatogrif (03/08/2013) [-]

Wait, that didn't make any sense. I'm a fucking idiot. I meant to say that I found the sentence funny cause it made barely any sense but I over exaggerated how funny I found it. I hate me...

#74 to #73 - thegamerslife (03/07/2013) [-]

Then say something that is actually funny or useful. I've had several 30+ negative comments, even one that got -83, don't see me deleting comments.

#96 to #74 - fractalius (03/07/2013) [-]

Ok guys thumb him down. Let's test his theory

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#67 - JHDog (03/07/2013) [+] (2 replies)

they actually fixed last night, except it was spinning too fast. Apparently it cost them a million dollars. Then Dr.Tyson said, "why not have the original intro in reverse?"

Jon Stewart's FW

#128 to #67 - mesues (03/07/2013) [-]

How could that possibly cost a million?

#137 to #128 - JHDog (03/08/2013) [-]

well it was most likely sarcasm on his part.

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#34 - backupclover (03/07/2013) [-]

Oh Dr. Tyson*

#80 - redscorpion (03/07/2013) [+] (5 replies)

He was part of the committee that demoted pluto from planetary status, there for I don't like him

#99 to #80 - goodguygary (03/07/2013) [-]

i never quite understood why everybody got butthurt about pluto being demoted to dwarf planet status. it's not like it destroys pluto or anything.

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#116 to #99 - thisotherdude ONLINE (03/07/2013) [-]

Because we grew up with Pluto being a planet, to us Pluto was always the runt of the solar system, like us it was small and weak compared to the other but it stood tall with pride as a planet. And then some fucking scientists came around and said "no fuck you, Pluto isn't a planet anymore you shits! Deal with it!"

Within our hearts Pluto was more than a planet, it was an idea, and ideas are bulletproof.

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#118 to #116 - goodguygary (03/07/2013) [-]

10/10 gave me a feel-on

#115 to #99 - silverzepher (03/07/2013) [-]

but he was my second favorite roman god!!!

#131 to #80 - meowthre (03/07/2013) [-]

Oh FFS, I said I don't like him one post down and got down-thumbed for it.

Seriously though, I didn't know that he was part of the decision-making process that killed our precious Pluto. I'm a little sad now... =(

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#35 - davidokuro (03/07/2013) [+] (4 replies)

He said they'd fix it and they still haven't fixed it.

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#56 to #35 - emergence ONLINE (03/07/2013) [-]

They fixed the rotation but then Neil said that it was spinning too fast.

#64 to #56 - thegamerslife (03/07/2013) [-]

In jons world we would all get flung into space, where we would have 8 seconds before imploding from oxygen trying to escape the body.

And i learn all that from pro. Tyson. :D

#46 to #35 - arkadia (03/07/2013) [-]

they did on yesterdays show

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#49 to #46 - thegamerslife (03/07/2013) [-]

It cost them a MILLION dollars to redo it too!!!

I love Jon's face when Tyson says "you could play it backwards"

#29 - samoaspider (03/07/2013) [+] (5 replies)

I'm terribly sorry but can i bother an individual to explain me why the situation turned that way? What kind of program did the show host create?

#31 to #29 - thegoodgatsby (03/07/2013) [-]

That's the daily show, it's a comedic political news show that mocks other news shows.

#61 to #29 - VaultTechy (03/07/2013) [-]

No one's really thrown you a bone yet, basically that's Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, and at the start of his show they have a bunch of patriotic clips, including one of a globe spinning; evidently the wrong way.

#138 to #61 - samoaspider (03/08/2013) [-]

thanks!

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#65 to #29 - N. Korean citizen (03/07/2013) [-]

The intro to the show has a globe spinning in with the name of the show on it. Dr. Tyson was informing him that it was spinning in the wrong direction. :)

#25 - rel (03/07/2013) [-]

For those who want the actual video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy3PgFhIpyM
It's at the end, but the whole thing is pretty funny.

#1 - sonsofsol (03/06/2013) [+] (2 replies)

Dr Tyson actually.

#22 to #1 - lesmiserables (03/07/2013) [-]

Prof. Tyson actually.

#24 to #22 - rel (03/07/2013) [-]

Doctor Professor Mister Tyson to you, though.

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#69 - wherethawhitewomen (03/07/2013) [-]

Repost.

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#123 - N. Korean citizen (03/07/2013) [-]

I love these two guys, full homo

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#120 - olisaurus ONLINE (03/07/2013) [-]

Anons posting content that's probably going to be better than any other cancerous shit from Noobybooby, today is going to be a good day.

#68 - smokedmeatlog (03/07/2013) [-]

He also told Conan that his moon was completely wrong.

#57 - stallwallwriter ONLINE (03/07/2013) [+] (1 reply)

Ever since the episode in the post I've been waiting for them to fix the globe. I know they had Dr. Tyson on last night, but I haven't seen the episode yet. I hope they got it right this time.

#63 to #57 - psykojet (03/07/2013) [-]

SPOILER!

They fixed it for just that episode.

#17 - terranimmortal (03/07/2013) [+] (1 reply)

Last night he was on the show again, oh gawd was it ever funny!
Here's a link to the one last night skip to 35 seconds if you don't care to watch: http://www (.) youtube (.) com/watch?v=a5gq_HoksuY

#21 to #17 - occamsrazor (03/07/2013) [-]

The intro last night was fucking hilarious

#5 - justsomechickyo (03/07/2013) [-]

Lol I saw this last night.....thumb for you!